Toronto Maple Leafs: Media Notes 2021-22 Matchups vs. Carolina: Second of Three Next Game vs. Carolina: Thursday, March 17 vs. Carolina Toronto Season Record: 29-10-3 Toronto Home Record: 16-4-1 TV: Sportsnet RADIO: TSN 1050
RECENT TRANSACTIONS January 28, 2022 Defenceman Carl Dahlstrom has been assigned to the Maple Leafs taxi squad from the Toronto Marlies (AHL). January 28, 2022 Defenceman Alex Biega has been reassigned to the Marlies from the Maple Leafs taxi squad. January 24, 2022 Forward Joey Anderson, defenceman Carl Dahlstrom and goaltender Erik Kallgren have be reassigned to the Toronto Marlies (AHL) from the Maple Leafs taxi squad. January 22, 2022 Goaltender Erik Kallgren has been reassigned to the Maple Leafs taxi squad from the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
LAST GAME Score: Toronto 7 at New Jersey 1 Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 TOR Goals: Spezza, Matthews, Kämpf, Marner (2x), Bunting, Engvall NJD Goals: Hughes TOR Goaltender: Campbell, 31/32, .969 SV% NJD Goaltender: Gillies, 22/28, .786 SV%, Schmid 7/8, .875 SV% TOR Power Play: 0-for-2 TOR Penalty Kill: 3-for-3
NEXT GAME Date: Thursday, February 10, 2022 Opponent: at Calgary Flames Time: 9:00 pm ET Broadcast Information: TSN4 (TV), TSN 1050 (Radio)
INJURY REPORT Jake Muzzin Concussion ALL-TIME VS. CAROLINA HURRICANES:
First Matchup between Clubs: October 31, 1979 (Toronto 2 vs. Hartford 4) All-Time Record: 47-60-11-7 (125 Games) All-Time Record at Home: 24-32-5-2 (63 Games) All-Time Record on the Road: 23-28-6-5 (62 Games) Last Home Win vs. Opponent: December 23, 2019 (Toronto 8 vs. Carolina 6) Record in Last Five Games: 2-3-0 Record in Last 10 Games: 5-5-0
ACTIVE LEADERS VS. CAROLINA HURRICANES: Games Played: Jason Spezza (45), John Tavares (40), Wayne Simmonds (34) Goals: John Tavares (27), Jason Spezza (20), Wayne Simmonds (13) Assists: Jason Spezza (22), John Tavares (21), Wayne Simmonds (14) Points: John Tavares (48), Jason Spezza (42), Wayne Simmonds (27) Penalty Minutes: Wayne Simmonds (45), John Tavares (26), Jason Spezza (20)
THE MAN ADVANTAGE IN 2021-22 Power Play: 36/118 (30.5%) Power Play Goal Leader: 10 – Matthews Power Play Point Leader: 19 – Matthews (10G, 9A) 2020-21 Power Play: 31/155 (20.0%)
ON THE PK IN 2021-22 Penalty Kill: 97/115 (84.4%) Shorthanded Goal Leader: 2 – Marner, Mikheyev Shorthanded Point Leader: 2 – Marner (2G), Mikheyev (2G), Brodie (2A), Kerfoot (2A) 2020-21 Penalty Kill: 113/144 (78.5%)
FAST FACTS Monday games 5th of 10 (3 home, 7 road) Back-to-Backs played 7 of 13 Record in first game of back-to-back 4-2-1 Record in second game of back-to-back 3-4-0 February games 2nd of 12 (4 home, 8 road) UPCOMING MILESTONES
TJ Brodie Nine points away from 300 career NHL points Mitch Marner Five points away from 400 career NHL points Jake Muzzin 10 points away from 300 career NHL points
RECENT MILESTONES TJ Brodie Appeared in his 700th career NHL game, Nov. 2, 2021 vs. VGK TJ Brodie Scored his 50th career NHL goal, Dec. 14, 2021 at EDM Jack Campbell Appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Nov. 16, 2021 vs. NSH Pierre Engvall Appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Nov. 2, 2021 vs. VGK Ondrej Kaše Recorded his 100th career NHL point, Nov. 10, 2021 at PHI Ondrej Kaše Scored his 50th career NHL goal, Dec. 9, 2021 vs. TBL Alexander Kerfoot Appeared in his 300th career NHL game, Nov. 26, 2021 at SJS Alexander Kerfoot Recorded his 100th career NHL assist, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT Timothy Liljegren Scored his first career NHL goal, Jan. 15, 2022 at STL Auston Matthews Recorded his 400th career NHL point, Jan. 31, 2022 vs. NJD Auston Matthews Recorded his 200th career NHL goal, Oct. 25, 2021 at CAR Ilya Mikheyev Skated in his 100th career NHL game, Jan. 15, 2022 at STL William Nylander Skated in his 400th career NHL game, Feb. 1, 2022 at NJD William Nylander Recorded his 300th career NHL point, Jan. 19, 2022 at NYR Morgan Rielly Recorded his 250th career NHL assist, Oct. 27, 2021 at CHI Morgan Rielly Skated in his 600th career NHL game, Dec. 9, 2021 vs. TBL Wayne Simmonds Skated in his 950th career NHL game, Oct. 16, 2021 vs. OTT Jason Spezza Skated in his 1,200th career NHL game, Nov. 28, 2021 at ANA John Tavares Recorded his 200th point with the Maple Leafs, Oct. 18, 2021 vs. NYR John Tavares Scored his 100th goal with the Maple Leafs, Nov. 13, 2021 at BUF John Tavares Skated in his 900th career NHL game, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT
The Pacific Division and the Golden Knights’ representatives were eliminated in the first round of the NHL All-Star Game on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
2021-22 Matchups vs. New Jersey: Second of Three Next Game vs. New Jersey: Wednesday, March 23 vs. New Jersey Toronto Season Record: 28-10-3 Toronto Road Record: 12-6-2 TV: TSN4 RADIO: Sportsnet 590
RECENT TRANSACTIONS January 28, 2022 Defenceman Carl Dahlstrom has been assigned to the Maple Leafs taxi squad from the Toronto Marlies (AHL). January 28, 2022 Defenceman Alex Biega has been reassigned to the Marlies from the Maple Leafs taxi squad. January 24, 2022 Forward Joey Anderson, defenceman Carl Dahlstrom and goaltender Erik Kallgren have be reassigned to the Toronto Marlies (AHL) from the Maple Leafs taxi squad. January 22, 2022 Goaltender Erik Kallgren has been reassigned to the Maple Leafs taxi squad from the Toronto Marlies (AHL). Score: Toronto 6 vs. New Jersey 4
LAST GAME Date: Monday, January 31, 2022 TOR Goals: Matthews (3x), Spezza, Marner, Mikheyev NJD Goals: Zacha, Boqvist, Johnsson, Bastian TOR Goaltender: Campbell, 6/9, .667 SV% – Mrazek, 19/20, .950 SV% NJD Goaltender: Schmid, 27/32, .844 SV% TOR Power Play: 1-for-3 TOR Penalty Kill: 3-for-3
NEXT GAME Date: Monday, February 7, 2022 Opponent: vs. Carolina Hurricanes Time: 7:00 pm ET Broadcast Information: Sportsnet (TV), TSN 1050 (Radio)
INJURY REPORT Jake Muzzin Concussion
ALL-TIME VS. NEW JERSEY DEVILS: First Matchup between Clubs: October 9, 1974 (Toronto 6 vs. Kansas City 2) All-Time Record: 76-41-20-9 (146 Games) All-Time Record at Home: 49-17-5-4 (75 Games) All-Time Record on the Road: 27-24-15-5 (71 Games) Last Road Win vs. Opponent: December 27, 2019 (Toronto 5 at New Jersey 4 – OTW) Record in Last Five Games: 5-0-0
ACTIVE LEADERS VS. NEW JERSEY DEVILS: Games Played: Jason Spezza (43), John Tavares (43), Wayne Simmonds (40) Goals: John Tavares (19), Wayne Simmonds (13), Auston Matthews (11) Assists: Jason Spezza (28), John Tavares (18), Wayne Simmonds (8) Points: John Tavares (37), Jason Spezza (37), Wayne Simmonds (21) Penalty Minutes: Wayne Simmonds (101), Jason Spezza (20), John Tavares (16)
2021-22 AVERAGES AND RANKINGS Points % GF/Game GA/Game PP% PK% SF/G SA/G FO% Toronto .720 3.51 2.68 31.0% 83.9% 34.2 30.7 55.9% New Jersey .398 2.82 3.46 16.7% 81.7% 31.6 30.5 47.3%
THE MAN ADVANTAGE IN 2021-22 Power Play: 36/116 (31.0%) Power Play Goal Leader: 10 – Matthews Power Play Point Leader: 19 – Matthews (10G, 9A) 2020-21 Power Play: 31/155 (20.0%)
ON THE PK IN 2021-22 Penalty Kill: 94/112 (83.9%) Shorthanded Goal Leader: 2 – Marner, Mikheyev Shorthanded Point Leader: 2 – Marner (2G), Mikheyev (2G), Brodie (2A), Kerfoot (2A) 2020-21 Penalty Kill: 113/144 (78.5%)
FAST FACTS Tuesday games 6th of 14 (8 home, 6 road) Back-to-Backs played 6 of 13 Record in first game of back-to-back 4-2-1 Record in second game of back-to-back 2-4-0 February games 1st of 12 (4 home, 8 road) UPCOMING MILESTONES
TJ Brodie Nine points away from 300 career NHL points Jake Muzzin 10 points away from 300 career NHL points William Nylander One game away from 400 career NHL games played
RECENT MILESTONES TJ Brodie Appeared in his 700th career NHL game, Nov. 2, 2021 vs. VGK TJ Brodie Scored his 50th career NHL goal, Dec. 14, 2021 at EDM Jack Campbell Appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Nov. 16, 2021 vs. NSH Pierre Engvall Appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Nov. 2, 2021 vs. VGK Ondrej Kaše Recorded his 100th career NHL point, Nov. 10, 2021 at PHI Ondrej Kaše Scored his 50th career NHL goal, Dec. 9, 2021 vs. TBL Alexander Kerfoot Appeared in his 300th career NHL game, Nov. 26, 2021 at SJS Alexander Kerfoot Recorded his 100th career NHL assist, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT Timothy Liljegren Scored his first career NHL goal, Jan. 15, 2022 at STL Auston Matthews Recorded his 400th career NHL point, Jan. 31, 2022 vs. NJD Auston Matthews Recorded his 200th career NHL goal, Oct. 25, 2021 at CAR Ilya Mikheyev Skated in his 100th career NHL game, Jan. 15, 2022 at STL William Nylander Recorded his 300th career NHL point, Jan. 19, 2022 at NYR Morgan Rielly Recorded his 250th career NHL assist, Oct. 27, 2021 at CHI Morgan Rielly Skated in his 600th career NHL game, Dec. 9, 2021 vs. TBL Wayne Simmonds Skated in his 950th career NHL game, Oct. 16, 2021 vs. OTT Jason Spezza Skated in his 1,200th career NHL game, Nov. 28, 2021 at ANA John Tavares Recorded his 200th point with the Maple Leafs, Oct. 18, 2021 vs. NYR John Tavares Scored his 100th goal with the Maple Leafs, Nov. 13, 2021 at BUF John Tavares Skated in his 900th career NHL game, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT
Jan. 17: Janne Kuokkanen, Mason Geertsen & Mackenzie Blackwood removed from COVID protocol
Jan. 19:Colton White placed on waivers – intent for Taxi Squad (AHL)
Jan. 20:Colton White cleared waivers
Jan. 22: Ty Smith placed on Injured Reserve (upper-body Inj.)
Colton White recalled from Taxi Squad
Jan. 24: A.J. Greer activated off I.R. & reassigned to Utica (AHL)
Jan. 25: Mackenzie Blackwood placed on I.R.
Akira Schmid recalled from Utica (AHL)
Jan. 27: Ty Smith activated off I.R.
Michael McLeod placed on I.R. (Upper-body Inj.)
TONIGHT’S GAME VS TORONTO
The Devils host Toronto for the first time this season, which also marks the second game of a home-at-home, back-to-back set against the Leafs for 2021-22.
Tonight’s Eastern Conference affair marks the first time that the Devils experience a home-at-home, back-to-back set this season.
New Jersey & Columbus played a home-at-home set on Jan. 6th & Jan. 8th, but it was not a back-to-back set with games played on consecutive days.
The last time that the Devils defeated Toronto was Apr. 5th, 2018, in a 2-1 win at Prudential Center. Jersey’s team is 2-5-2 vs the Leafs since the start of the 2017-18 season.
Jersey’s team suffered its second loss (11-2-0) when scoring four-or-more goals in a game for 2021-22, after Monday’s defeat (last: Dec. 3rd at WPG, 8-4, L).
The Devils logged a 3-9-0 record for January.
Season-series record: 0-1-0…Tonight’s game marks the second of three matchups vs the Leafs.
The Devils’ record on Tuesdays: 2-6-0…2-3-0 at home
Record vs Eastern Conference: 11-13-3 & Record vs Atlantic Division: 4-6-1
Next game vs TOR: Mar. 23, NJD at TOR, 7:00 P.M. E.T.
New Jersey will face-off with all 31 NHL teams for the 2021-22 campaign and its regular season concludes on Apr. 29 at Prudential Center vs Detroit.
The Devils netted a goal less than 1:00 into a contest for the fourth time this season, after Pavel Zacha opened the scoring 0:47 into Monday night’s game.
Zacha’s 11th tally marked the team’s third fastest goal to start a game this season, while the fastest was Dougie Hamilton’s season-opening goal at 0:17. (Oct. 15th, vs CHI, 4-2 OT-W).
New Jersey surrendered its eighth shorthanded goal for the season on Monday, which is the most allowed in the NHL (Los Angeles, 7).
On Thursday, Jan. 27th, the Devils faced their second penalty shot for 2021-22 & Jersey’s second penalty shot faced at Tampa for the season. The Devils’ first penalty shot against this season was on Nov. 20th, 2021, at Tampa.
Mackenzie Blackwood denied Brayden Point on Nov. 20th, & Jon Gillies turned away Anthony Cirelli’s penalty shot attempt on Thursday.
It marked the first time in franchise history that the Devils witnessed multiple penalty shots against (them) at the same visiting arena in a single season.
Only one other team has earned more than one penalty shot against the Devils in the same season, which was Columbus on March 19th, 2017, at Prudential Center.
The Blue Jackets earned two penalty shots in that game and converted on both vs Cory Schneider (B. Dubinsky & L. Sedlak).
All-time record vs TOR: 50-64-20-12
All-time home record vs TOR: 29-22-15-5
Patrik Elias is New Jersey’s all-time leading scorer vs Toronto (17g-22a-39 PTS).
Hockey Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur (22-20-7-3) is New Jersey’s all-time wins leader vs the Leafs.
*After the passing of Devils Head Coach Lindy Ruff’s father, Leeson Ruff, on Jan. 28th, New Jersey’s Assistant coach Alain Nasreddine manned the team’s bench for the fourth time on Monday & will again on Tuesday.
* On Tuesday, the Devils announced a multi-year partnership with Jackpocket, the leading lottery app in the U.S. to provide a secure way to order official state lottery tickets. With this partnership, the company becomes the Devils Official Lottery Courier Partner (see more details at devils.nhl.com).
*The NHL announced “a comprehensive update to the 2021-22 regular-season schedule, one that will enable all 32 teams to complete their respective 82-game slates by the regular season’s original closing date of Friday, April 29.”
The Devils have eight contests re-scheduled overall – involving postponements, flipping of games and date changes of future matchups (See Devils.nhl.com for more details).
*Jack Hughes was named New Jersey’s 2022 NHL All-Star. The game is in Vegas on Saturday, Feb. 5th. He’ll become the fourth player in franchise history who earned the honor before turning 21-years-old (Kirk Muller, Joe Cirella & Scott Gomez), per NHL Pr.
*Defenseman Dougie Hamilton received surgery on his jaw on Jan. 5th, & there is no official timetable on his return, but he did practice on Wednesday & traveled with the team.
* NHL Pr announced that Devils forward Jack Hughes was named one of the league’s “Three Stars” of the week (second star) for the week ending Jan. 2.
MUTUAL CONNECTIONS
Toronto’s President & Alternate Governor Brendan Shanahan was New Jersey’s 2nd-overall draft-pick in the 1987 NHL Draft. Shanahan spent his first four NHL seasons with the Devils from 1987-88 to 1990-91 (94g-134a-228 PTS, 315 GP).
Maple Leafs forward Wayne Simmonds skated in 61 games with the Devils in 2019-20 prior being traded to Buffalo.
New Jersey forward Andreas Johnsson was Toronto’s 7th-round draft-pick, 202nd overall, in the 2013 NHL Draft. Johnsson spent parts of three seasons with the Leafs from 2017-18 to 2019-20, while collecting 67 PTS (30g-37a) in 125 GP.
LAST TRADE
The last time the Devils and Toronto executed a trade was Oct. 10th, 2020, when the Devils acquired Andreas Johnsson in exchange for Joey Anderson.
DID YOU KNOW
The Devils eliminated the Maple Leafs in consecutive postseasons in 1999-00 & 2000-01. New Jersey eliminated the Leafs in six games in 2000 & then seven games in 2001 – both matchups were in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals.
Jesper Boqvist earned his second goal for the 2021-22 campaign and in consecutive games, after Monday’s contest vs Toronto.
While the Swedish native earned his first-career multi-point effort (1g-1a), it was also the fourth time in his career that Boqvist logged points in consecutive games played (last: Apr. 8th to Apr. 9th, 2021, 2g-0a-2 PTS, 2 GP).
Boqvist’s multi-point outing also tied a career-high for points in a season 7 PTS (2g-5a), which was prior earned in 2020-21 (4g-3a-7 PTS).
Andreas Johnsson netted his first goal against his former team since the forward was acquired via trade from Toronto on Oct. 10th, 2020.
Nate Bastian earned a career-high with 11 PTS (9g-2a) in a season on Monday. Bastian’s prior career-high for points in a season was 10 PTS (3g-7a) in 2020-21.
Janne Kuokkanen earned an assist on Boqvist’s goal, which marked the second time this season that the winger recorded at least one point in consecutive games (last: Dec. 31st, 2021 to Jan. 2nd, 2022, 1g-1a-2 PTS).
On Monday, blueliner Ryan Graves earned his first point since logging a career-high three assists in a game vs Carolina on Jan. 22nd, which snapped a four-game drought without recording a point.
Damon Severson logged over 29:00 of TOI for the fourth time in his career (29:12), & led the Devils for TOI in seven consecutive games. Severson’s career-high for TOI in a game is 29:52 which was logged on Jan. 2nd, 2022, vs Washington – the last time the Devils earned a road victory.
COACH’S CORNER
“Every team that’s down two goals is going to come at you, so it was more about us & doing the little things you need to do to win games…right now we’re finding ways to lose games, as oppose to putting teams away & finding ways to win games.”
– Assistant coach Alain Nasreddine via Monday’s postgame
Akira Schmid recorded his fourth-career NHL start & with Jersey, but logged his fourth loss for the season.
TONIGHT’S PLAYER TO WATCH
Jesper Boqvist aims for a career-high three-game point streak, after New Jersey’s 2nd-round draft-pick, 36th overall selection, recorded goals in consecutive games.
Tonight’s loss marked the second time this season that Jersey’s team suffered five consecutive regulation losses (last: Dec. 10th to Dec. 19th, 2021, 6 GP).
The Devils witnessed their fifth consecutive loss, after Toronto defeated New Jersey by a score of 6-4 at Scotiabank Arena.
Entering tonight’s contest, the Devils were 11-1-0 when scoring four-or-more goals in a game this season, but are now 11-2-0 (last lost: Dec. 3rd at WPG, 8-4, L).
The Devils netted a goal less than 1:00 into a contest for the fourth time this season, after Pavel Zacha opened the scoring 0:47 into the game.
Zacha’s 11th tally marked the team’s third-fastest goal to start a game this season, while the fastest was Dougie Hamilton’s season-opening goal at 0:17. (Oct. 15th, vs CHI, 4-2 OT-W).
New Jersey surrendered its eighth shorthanded goal for the season, which is the most allowed in the NHL (Los Angeles, 7).
The Devils allowed their fourth hat-trick for 2021-22 (last: Dec. 14th, 2021, at DET, D. Larkin), after Auston Matthews logged his fifth-career hat-trick & second-career vs New Jersey. Matthews logged hat-tricks in his last two games played against the Devils (last: Jan. 14th, 2020).
Tonight’s game marked the first time this season that the Devils allowed four goals in the third period of play (last: Mar. 4th, 2021, vs NYR, 6-1, L).
The Devils were 0/3 on the power play, & 2/3 on the penalty kill, but the power-play goal allowed was an empty net goal which marked Matthews third on the night.
The Devils were 36% on face-offs (21/58). The team’s season-low for face-offs is 32.2% on Dec. 8th, 2021, vs PHI (3-0, W).
The Devils were outshot, 33-29.
Skaters in COVID protocol: None
Pavel Zacha (as noted above) opened the scoring for Jersey 0:47 into the contest & marked his second goal over his last six games played (2g-1a-3 PTS).
The tally also marked the Czech Republic native’s only goal for this season that was recorded in the first period of play.
Jesper Boqvist earned his second goal for the 2021-22 campaign and in consecutive games.
While the Swedish native earned his first-career multi-point effort (1g-1a), it was also the fourth time in his career that Boqvist logged points in consecutive games played (last: Apr. 8th to Apr. 9th, 2021, 2g-0a-2 PTS, 2 GP).
Boqvist’s multi-point outing also tied a career-high for points in a season 7 PTS (2g-5a), which was prior earned in 2020-21 (4g-3a-7 PTS).
Tonight’s contest marked the first time that Andreas Johnsson played against his former team since the forward was acquired via trade from Toronto on Oct. 10th, 2020, in exchange for Joey Anderson.
Johnsson earned his 11th goal for the campaign 9:10 into the first period. The left-handed shot beat Toronto’s Jack Campbell, short-side, via a two-on-one from the left left-side of the ice.
Nate Bastian earned the Devils’ fourth goal for the contest 7:33 into the second period. The point set a new career-high for Bastian with 11 PTS (9g-2a). Bastian’s prior career-high for points in a season was 10 PTS (3g-7a) in 2020-21.
Janne Kuokkanen earned an assist on Boqvist’s goal, which marked the second time this season that the winger recorded at least one point in consecutive games (last: Dec. 31st, 2021 to Jan. 2nd, 2022, 1g-1a-2 PTS).
Blueliner Ryan Graves earned his first point since logging a career-high three assists in a game vs Carolina on Jan. 22nd, which snapped a four-game drought without recording a point.
Damon Severson logged over 29:00 of TOI for the fourth time in his career (29:12), & led the Devils for TOI in seven consecutive games. Severson’s career-high for TOI in a game is 29:52 which was logged on Jan. 2nd, 2022, vs Washington – the last time the Devils earned a road victory.
Akira Schmid logged his fourth-career NHL start & with Jersey, but earned his fourth loss for the season.
Jan. 17: Janne Kuokkanen, Mason Geertsen & Mackenzie Blackwood removed from COVID protocol
Jan. 19:Colton White placed on waivers – intent for Taxi Squad (AHL)
Jan. 20:Colton White cleared waivers
Jan. 22: Ty Smith placed on Injured Reserve (upper-body Inj.)
Colton White recalled from Taxi Squad
Jan. 24: A.J. Greer activated off I.R. & reassigned to Utica (AHL)
Jan. 25: Mackenzie Blackwood placed on I.R.
Akira Schmid recalled from Utica (AHL)
Jan. 27: Ty Smith activated off I.R.
Michael McLeod placed on I.R. (Upper-body Inj.)
TONIGHT’S GAME VS TORONTO
The Devils visit Toronto for the first time since Feb. 14th, 2020, which resulted in a 7-4 loss. The contest also marked the last meeting between the two Eastern Conference foes.
The last time that the Devils defeated Toronto was Apr. 5th, 2018, in a 2-1 win at Prudential Center. Jersey’s team is 2-4-2 vs the Leafs since the start of the 2017-18 season.
Tonight’s contest marks the final outing of a three-game road trip for Jersey (0-2-0), while the Devils also suffered consecutive one-goal losses.
The outing also marks the first game of a home-at-home, back-to-back set vs Toronto. The Devils are 2-4-1 in first games played in back-to-back sets for 2021-22.
The Devils recorded a power-play goal in six consecutive games which marked a season-high, but that streak ended on Saturday in Carolina (0/2).
Since Jan. 1st, New Jersey’s penalty-kill ranks fifth in the NHL at 87.0% (20/23), per Jan. 30th.
The Devils haven’t recorded more than two goals in a contest (0-4-0) since Jersey played the Hurricanes on Jan. 22nd (7-4, W).
Jersey’s team aims to win its first road victory since Jan. 2nd , at Washington, which was a 4-3 overtime win (0-5-0).
Entering tonight’s contest, the Devils logged a 3-8-0 record for January, & five of the eight losses were decided by one goal.
Season-series record: Tonight’s game marks the first of three matchups vs the Leafs.
The Devils’ record on Mondays: 0-0-1…0-0-0 via road. Last Monday game: Dec. 6th, vs OTT, 3-2 shootout loss.
Record vs Eastern Conference: 11-12-3 & Record vs Atlantic Division: 4-5-1
Next game vs TOR: Feb. 1, TOR at NJD, 7:00 P.M. E.T.
New Jersey will face-off with all 31 NHL teams for the 2021-22 campaign and its regular season concludes on Apr. 29 at Prudential Center vs Detroit.
Tonight’s contest was rescheduled circa Jan. 17th.
The Devils enter tonight’s contest hoping to end a four-game losing streak, which were all logged in regulation. It’s the second time that Jersey’s team suffered four consecutive regulations losses this season (Dec. 10th to Dec. 19th, 2021, 0-6-0).
The Devils entail the most Switzerland-born players for any NHL active roster: N. Hischier, J. Siegenthaler & A. Schmid.
On Thursday, Jan. 27th, the Devils faced their second penalty shot for 2021-22 & Jersey’s second penalty shot faced at Tampa for the season. The Devils’ first penalty shot against this season was on Nov. 20th, 2021, at Tampa.
Mackenzie Blackwood denied Brayden Point on Nov. 20th, & Jon Gillies turned away Anthony Cirelli’s penalty shot attempt on Thursday.
It marked the first time in franchise history that the Devils witnessed multiple penalty shots against (them) at the same visiting arena in a single season.
Only one other team has earned more than one penalty shot against the Devils in the same season, which was Columbus on March 19th, 2017, at Prudential Center.
The Blue Jackets earned two penalty shots in that game and converted on both vs Cory Schneider (B. Dubinsky & L. Sedlak).
All-time record vs TOR: 50-63-20-12
All-time road record vs TOR: 21-41-5-7
Patrik Elias is New Jersey’s all-time leading scorer vs Toronto (17g-22a-39 PTS).
Hockey Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur (22-20-7-3) is New Jersey’s all-time wins leader vs the Leafs.
* On Tuesday, the Devils announced a multi-year partnership with Jackpocket, the leading lottery app in the U.S. to provide a secure way to order official state lottery tickets. With this partnership, the company becomes the Devils Official Lottery Courier Partner (see more details at devils.nhl.com).
*The NHL announced “a comprehensive update to the 2021-22 regular-season schedule, one that will enable all 32 teams to complete their respective 82-game slates by the regular season’s original closing date of Friday, April 29.”
The Devils have eight contests re-scheduled overall – involving postponements, flipping of games and date changes of future matchups (See Devils.nhl.com for more details).
*Jack Hughes was named New Jersey’s 2022 NHL All-Star. The game is in Vegas on Saturday, Feb. 5th. He’ll become the fourth player in franchise history who earned the honor before turning 21-years-old (Kirk Muller, Joe Cirella & Scott Gomez), per NHL Pr.
*Defenseman Dougie Hamilton received surgery on his jaw on Jan. 5th, & there is no official timetable on his return, but he did practice on Wednesday & traveled with the team.
* NHL Pr announced that Devils forward Jack Hughes was named one of the league’s “Three Stars” of the week (second star) for the week ending Jan. 2.
MUTUAL CONNECTIONS
Toronto’s President & Alternate Governor Brendan Shanahan was New Jersey’s 2nd-overall draft-pick in the 1987 NHL Draft. Shanahan spent his first four NHL seasons with the Devils from 1987-88 to 1990-91 (94g-134a-228 PTS, 315 GP).
Maple Leafs forward Wayne Simmonds skated in 61 games with the Devils in 2019-20 prior being traded to Buffalo.
LAST TRADE
The last time the Devils and Toronto executed a trade was Feb. 28th, 2017, when the Devils acquired Viktor Loov in exchange for Sergey Kalinin.
DID YOU KNOW
The Devils eliminated the Maple Leafs in six games in the 2000 Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, and allowed just six shots on goal in Game 6, after a 3-0 victory at Continental Airlines Arena.
DHN TRIVIA
Patrik Elias is tied with one other skater for the most postseason points in franchise history (5g-7a-12 PTS) vs Toronto. Who is the other skater?
Jesper Boqvist inked his name onto the scoresheet on Saturday & for the first time this season.
The Swedish native also tied a season-high three shots on goal (last: Nov 9th, 2021, vs FLA).
Forward Jimmy Vesey snapped a six-game skid without recording a point, after earning an assist on Saturday.
Blueliner Damon Severson has led the Devils in TOI in six consecutive games dating to Jan. 19th vs Arizona. Severson ranks second on New Jersey with 6 PTS (1g-5a) over that span, while Jesper Bratt ranks first (4g-3a-7 PTS).
Jesper Bratt logged his 11th game with two-or-more points in a game this season, after Thursday’s contest vs Tampa on Jan. 27th (0g-2a-2 PTS). That extended a career-high, while Bratt’s prior career-high for two-or-more points in a game for a single season was eight games (2017-18).
Bratt needs one more PPG to tie his career-high (4), which was earned in the Swedish native’s rookie campaign (2017-18).
New Jersey’s 2019, No. 1-overall-selection in Jack Hughes tied his career-high 11 goals in a season on Thursday, Jan. 27th.
No. 86’s next power-play assist will also tie a career-high (6), which was earned last season.
COACH’S CORNER
“Even in the first (period) we passed (on) some opportunities to get the puck to the net, maybe (could have) look for a little bit of an uglier play, or an ugly goal. It’s hard.
We played as well as we’ve played defensively. I just thought we passed up some offensive-zone plays where we had lanes to get it to the net & we chose to pass, & that’s probably the one area we have to improve.”
– Head coach Lindy Ruff via Saturday’s postgame on the team’s offensive production
Jon Gillies has appeared in five consecutive games for Jersey, after Saturday’s affair in Carolina, & arguably played his best game since joining the Devils.
Gillies turned away all 17 shots that he faced after the first period of play vs Carolina.
TONIGHT’S PLAYER TO WATCH
With the absence of Michael McLeod & his strong face-off presence, Yegor Sharangovich not only helps to boost the team’s offensive production but also contribute in the face-off circle.
Sharangovich finished Saturday’s contest 5/7 on face-offs (66.7%) overall & 3/4 on F/O in the offensive zone (75%).
New Jersey’s AHL affiliate, Utica Comets, sit in 1st place for the AHL’s North Division (24-5-5), & are fresh off a 4-2 vs Rochester on Saturday, but played at Cleveland on Sunday.
Jersey’s team suffered its fourth consecutive loss, after the Hurricanes defeated New Jersey by a score of 2-1 at PNC Arena.
The Devils fell to 3-8-2 when allowing two-or-more goals in the first period of play this season.
Tonight’s loss marked the second time this season that Jersey’s team suffered four consecutive regulation losses (last: Dec. 10th to Dec. 19th, 2021, 6 GP).
The Devils are now 6-7-5 in games decided by one goal. Three of those seven losses were logged over the team’s last four games dating to Jan. 23rd (vs LAK, 3-2, L).
Jersey’s team has recorded two-or-fewer goals in its last four games.
The Devils were 0/2 on the power play, but 2/2 on the penalty kill. Entering tonight’s contest, the Devils recorded at least one power-play goal in six consecutive games which marked a season-high.
Tonight’s effort marked the fourth time that the Devils earned one-or-fewer goals in a road contest (last: Dec. 14th, at PHI, 6-1, L).
The Devils were 53% on face-offs (28/25).
The Devils outshot Carolina, 25-23. The fewest shots allowed in a game this season for Jersey is 17, which was logged on Jan. 19th vs ARI (4-1, L).
Skaters in COVID protocol: None
Jesper Boqvist opened the scoring for Jersey & tallied his first goal for 2021-22. Boqvist beat Carolina’s Antti Raanta with a one-timer from the right hashmark & five-hole.
Boqvist tied a season-high three shots on goal (last: Nov 9th, 2021, vs FLA).
Jimmy Vesey collected the primary assist on Boqvist’s tally & snapped a six-game skid without recording a point in a game dating to Jan. 8th (1g-1a-2 PTS).
Janne Kuokkanen logged his fifth assist for the 2021-22 campaign. The helper also marked Kuokkanen’s second career point (0g-2a-2 PTS) vs the team that drafted him in the 2nd-round at the 2016 NHL Draft (last: Jan. 22nd, 0g-1a-1 PTS).
Defenseman Damon Severson led the Devils in TOI for the sixth consecutive game dating to Jan. 19th vs Arizona.
Nico Hischier earned a career-high five blocked shots (prior: 4, Oct. 19th, vs SEA).
Jon Gillies logged his sixth start for New Jersey in 2021-22 & was stellar all night in the net. Gillies turned away all 17 shots that he faced after the first period.
Jan. 17: Janne Kuokkanen, Mason Geertsen & Mackenzie Blackwood removed from COVID protocol
Jan. 19:Colton White placed on waivers – intent for Taxi Squad (AHL)
Jan. 20:Colton White cleared waivers
Jan. 22: Ty Smith placed on Injured Reserve (upper-body Inj.)
Colton White recalled from Taxi Squad
Jan. 24: A.J. Greer activated off I.R. & reassigned to Utica (AHL)
Jan. 25: Mackenzie Blackwood placed on I.R.
Akira Schmid recalled from Utica (AHL)
Jan. 27: Ty Smith activated off I.R.
Michael McLeod placed on I.R. (Upper-body Inj.)
TONIGHT’S GAME VS CAROLINA
Jersey’s team visits Carolina for the first time this season, & first time since Feb. 14th, 2020, which resulted in a 5-2 loss.
The last time the Devils defeated Carolina in Raleigh was Nov. 2nd, 2019, after a 5-3 victory.
Tonight’s contest marks the second of a three-game road trip for Jersey (0-1-0).
The Devils recorded a power-play goal in six consecutive games, after Thursday’s contest which extended a season-high. It’s the first time since Oct. 17th to Nov. 2nd, 2019, Jersey recorded a PPG in six consecutive games.
Since Jan. 1st, New Jesey’s power-play ranks 9th in the NHL at 26.9% (7/26), per Jan. 28th.
The Devils haven’t recorded more than two goals in a contest (0-3-0) since Jersey last played the Hurricanes on Jan. 22nd (7-4, W).
Jersey’s team aims to win its first road victory since Jan. 2nd , at Washington, which was a 4-3 overtime win (0-4-0).
The last meeting: New Jersey last played the Hurricanes on Jan. 22nd, (7-4, W) at the Rock.
Season-series record: 1-0-0…Tonight’s game marks the second of four matchups vs the ‘Canes.
The Devils’ record on Saturdays: 5-4-0…3-3-0 via road, but the team dropped its last three road games played on a Saturday (last: Jan. 8th at CBJ, 4-3, L).
Record vs Eastern Conference: 11-11-3 & Record vs Metropolitan Division: 7-6-2.
Next game vs CAR: Apr. 23rd, CAR at NJD, 12:30 P.M. E.T.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Monday, Jan. 31: at TOR, 7:30 P.M. E.T.
Tuesday, Feb. 1: vs TOR, 7:00 P.M. E.T.
All-Star Break
Monday, Feb. 7: at OTT, 7:00 P.M. E.T.
Tuesday, Feb. 8: at MTL, 7:00 P.M. E.T.
Thursday, Feb. 10: at STL, 8:00 P.M. E.T
New Jersey will face-off with all 31 NHL teams for the 2021-22 campaign and its regular season concludes on Apr. 29 at Prudential Center vs Detroit.
The Devils entail the most Switzerland players for any NHL active roster: N. Hischier, J. Siegenthaler & A. Schmid.
On Thursday, the Devils faced their second penalty shot for 2021-22 & Jersey’s second penalty shot faced at Tampa for the season. The Devils’ first penalty shot against this season was on Nov. 20th, 2021, at Tampa.
Mackenzie Blackwood denied Brayden Point on Nov. 20th, & Jon Gillies turned away Anthony Cirelli’s penalty shot attempt on Thursday.
It marked the first time in franchise history that the Devils witnessed multiple penalty shots against (them) at the same visiting arena in a single season.
Only one other team has earned more than one penalty shot against the Devils in the same season, which was Columbus on March 19th, 2017, at Prudential Center.
The Blue Jackets earned two penalty shots in that game and converted on both vs Cory Schneider (B. Dubinsky & L. Sedlak).
All-time record vs CAR/HFW: 79-54-12-3
All-time road record vs CAR/HFW: 34-31-8-2
Patrik Elias is New Jersey’s all-time leading scorer vs Carolina (22g-35a-57 PTS).
Hockey Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur (39-16-5-1) is New Jersey’s all-time wins leader vs Carolina/Hartford. Brodeur is the NHL’s all-time wins leader against Carolina, while Patrick Roy is second with 35 career wins.
* On Tuesday, the Devils announced a multi-year partnership with Jackpocket, the leading lottery app in the U.S. to provide a secure way to order official state lottery tickets. With this partnership, the company becomes the Devils Official Lottery Courier Partner (see more details at devils.nhl.com).
*The NHL announced “a comprehensive update to the 2021-22 regular-season schedule, one that will enable all 32 teams to complete their respective 82-game slates by the regular season’s original closing date of Friday, April 29.”
The Devils have eight contests re-scheduled overall – involving postponements, flipping of games and date changes of future matchups (See Devils.nhl.com for more details).
*Jack Hughes was named New Jersey’s 2022 NHL All-Star. The game is in Vegas on Saturday, Feb. 5th. He’ll become the fourth player in franchise history who earned the honor before turning 21-years-old (Kirk Muller, Joe Cirella & Scott Gomez), per NHL Pr.
*Defenseman Dougie Hamilton received surgery on his jaw on Jan. 5th, & there is no official timetable on his return, but he did practice on Wednesday & traveled with the team.
* NHL Pr announced that Devils forward Jack Hughes was named one of the league’s “Three Stars” of the week (second star) for the week ending Jan. 2.
MUTUAL CONNECTIONS
Devils’ defenseman Dougie Hamilton spent three seasons with Carolina from 2018-19 to 2020-21. Hamilton tallied 121 PTS (42g-79a) in 184 regular-season games for the Hurricanes.
New Jersey forward Janne Kuokkanen was drafted by Carolina in the 2nd round of the 2016 NHL Draft, 43rd overall. Kuokkanen skated in 11 career regular-season games for the ‘Canes in parts of two seasons (2017-18 to 2018-19).
LAST TRADE
The last time the Devils and Carolina executed a trade was Feb. 24th, 2020, when the Devils acquired Janne Kuokkanen, Fredrik Claesson & a 2020 conditional 4th-round pick in exchange for Sami Vatanen.
DID YOU KNOW
One of Martin Brodeur’s three career goals earned (includes regular-season & playoffs) was vs Carolina on Mar. 21st, 2013 at Raleigh.
NON-STOP
Jesper Bratt logged his 11th game with two-or-more points in a game this season, after Thursday’s contest vs Tampa (0g-2a-2 PTS). That extended a career-high, while Bratt’s prior career-high for two-or-more points in a game for a single season was eight games (2017-18).
Bratt needs one more PPG to tie his career-high (4), which was earned in the Swedish native’s rookie campaign (2017-18).
The 5-foot-10 forward has recorded power-play points (2g-1a- 3 PP-PTS) in three consecutive games, which tied a career-best (last: Feb. 14th to Feb. 17, 2019, 1g-2a-3 PP-PTS).
The winger has recorded points in his last seven GP (5g-5a-10 PTS), but did miss two games over that span on Jan. 8th & Jan. 13 due to COVID.
Bratt can tie a career-high six-game point streak with one point tonight (Mar. 16th to Mar. 25th, 2021, 2g-4a-6 PTS).
New Jersey’s 2019, No. 1-overall-selection in Jack Hughes tied his career-high 11 goals in a season on Thursday. The youngster also extended his point streak to five games (2g-3a-5 PTS), which tied Hughes’ career-high (last: Dec. 29th 2021, to Jan. 6th 2022, 4g-8a-12 PTS).
No. 86’s next power-play assist will also tie a career-high (6), which was earned last season.
THIS IS THE WAY
The longest tenured Devil in Damon Severson extended his point streak to four games (1g-5a-6 PTS), after recording his fourth multi-point game for 2021-22 (1g-1a-2 PTS).
Additionally, Severson earned a power-play point in four consecutive games, which extended a career-best (prior 3 games, 6 times).
Severson ranks seventh all-time in franchise history with 63-career power-play points (8g-55a), & is seven points behind Paul Martin (11g-59a-70 PTS) & Rob Ramage (22g-48a-70 PTS) for sixth all-time.
COACH’S CORNER
“We’ve gone into the zone numerous times where we’ve executed there, we just didn’t execute ‘right.’ And when you don’t execute right, you’re going to give some up.”
– Head coach Lindy Ruff via Thursday’s postgame on executing & finishing on offensive opportunities
Jon Gillies has appeared in four consecutive games for Jersey, but seeks his second win with the Devils for the 2021-22 campaign.
TONIGHT’S PLAYER TO WATCH
New Jersey has earned a point in the standings in seven out of nine games when Pavel Zacha scores a goal this season. However, the Czech native has 3 PTS (1g-2a) over his last ten games dating to Dec. 19th.
New Jersey’s AHL affiliate, Utica Comets, sit in 1st place for the AHL’s North Division (23-5-4), & are fresh off a 4-0 win vs Providence on Tues. Utica hosted Charolette on Friday night.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (28-10-3 – 59 Points) vs. NEW JERSEY DEVILS (15-24-5 – 35 Points) MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2022 1 2 3 FINAL NEW JERSEY 3 1 0 4 TORONTO 2 0 4 6
ON THE SCORESHEET
Auston Matthews scored for the Maple Leafs at 6:33 of the first period, 15:04 of the first period and 19:38 of the third period. Matthews recorded his fifth career NHL hat trick. Matthews has posted 28 goals this season. Matthews also posted the primary assist on Marner’s goal, recording his 21st assist of the season. Matthews tied a single-game career high four points, which he has marked on nine occasions. Matthews is currently on a three-game point streak where he has posted eight points (3G, 5A).
Jason Spezza scored for Toronto at 4:16 of the third period. Spezza scored his eighth goal of the season.
Mitch Marner scored for the Maple Leafs at 13:28 of the third period. Marner recorded his 12th goal of the season. Marner has scored in six-consecutive games. Marner also registered the primary assist on Matthews’ first goal of the game and the secondary assist on Matthews’ second goal of the game. Marner has posted 21 assists this season. Marner is currently on a six-game point streak where he has posted 12 points (6G, 6A).
Ilya Mikheyev scored shorthanded for Toronto at 16:56 of the third period. Mikheyev recorded his seventh goal of the season and the third shorthanded goal of his NHL career. Mikheyev also posted the primary assist on Spezza’s goal. Mikheyev recorded his second assist of the season. Mikheyev recorded his ninth NHL career two-point game.
Timothy Liljegren recorded the secondary assist on Matthews’ first goal of the game. Liljegren posted his fifth assist of the season.
Morgan Rielly registered the primary assist on Matthews’ second goal of the game as well as the primary assist on Matthews’ third goal of the game. Rielly has posted 33 assists this season. Rielly has registered an assist in four-consecutive games (6A).
Alexander Kerfoot registered the secondary assist on Spezza’s goal as well as the primary assist on Mikheyev’s shorthanded goal. Kerfoot has posted 25 assists this season. Kerfoot has posted an assist in back-to-back games (4A). SHOTS ON GOAL (5-on-5 in brackets) 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL NEW JERSEY 13 (13) 14 (9) 2 (2) 29 (24) TORONTO 9 (9) 13 (8) 11 (9) 33 (26) SHOT ATTEMPTS (5-on-5 in brackets) 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL NEW JERSEY 20 (20) 20 (14) 9 (5) 49 (39) TORONTO 24 (24) 25 (19) 18 (13) 67 (56) ON HOME ICE
The Maple Leafs are 16-4-1 at home this season.
Toronto’s all-time record is 76-41-20-9 in 146 games against the New Jersey Devils and 49-17-5-4 in 75 games played in Toronto.
Toronto is 14-6-1 against the Eastern Conference this season and 6-4-1 against the Metropolitan Division this season. MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS Shots 6 (Mikheyev) Shot Attempts 10 (Matthews) Faceoff Wins 13 (Matthews) Faceoff Win Percentage 100% (Spezza – 7 won, 0 lost) Hits 4 (Kerfoot) Blocked Shots 5 (Brodie) Takeaways 2 (Bunting, Nylander) TOI 27:33 (Rielly) Power Play TOI 4:20 (Matthews) Shorthanded TOI 3:30 (Holl) Shifts 27 (Rielly, Brodie) 5-on-5 Shot Attempt Percentage 75.00% (Sandin – 30 for, 10 against) RECORD WHEN…
The Maple Leafs were 1-for-3 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill tonight.
Toronto is 10-7-2 when the opponent scores the first goal of the game.
The Maple Leafs are 3-4-2 when trailing after one period and 4-9-0 when trailing after two periods.
Toronto is 18-6-2 when outshooting their opponent.
The Maple Leafs are 1-2-1 in Monday games and 4-2-1 in the first game of a back-to-back. OF NOTE…
Auston Matthews secured his 400th career NHL point during tonight’s game.
Per NHL Stats, among players to debut with the franchise, Auston Matthews (227-173—400 in 372 GP) required the fewest games by a Maple Leafs player to reach the 400-point milestone. He bested the previous mark held by Syl Apps (387 GP).
Rasmus Sandin was on the ice for a team-high 30 Toronto shot attempts-for at 5-on-5.
Rasmus Sandin finished the game with a team-high 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 75.00 percent (30 for, 10 against).
Per NHL Stats, the Maple Leafs scored four third-period goals to erase a multi-goal deficit and defeat the Devils after also staging a rally in the final frame to oust the Red Wings on Jan. 29. Toronto has overcome a multi-goal deficit in the third period to win consecutive games for just the second time in franchise history. Coincidentally, the first occurrence took place on Jan. 29, 2000 (vs. LAK) and Feb. 1, 2000 (at TBL). UPCOMING GAMES: Feb. 1 Leafs at New Jersey Prudential Center 7:00 pm ET Feb. 7 Leafs vs. Carolina Scotiabank Arena 7:00 pm ET Feb. 10 Leafs at Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 9:00 pm ET Feb. 12 Leafs at Vancouver Rogers Arena 7:00 pm ET Feb. 14 Leafs at Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 9:00 pm ET Feb. 17 Leafs vs. Pittsburgh Scotiabank Arena 7:00 pm ET
POSTGAME QUOTES: HEAD COACH SHELDON KEEFE On tonight’s game: “Obviously it’s been a flip of the script here where we’ve had leads and had poor third periods and now we’re playing from behind and having good third periods and finding ways to get points. Obviously we’ll take that, we like that our team has got lots of fight in it and keeps pushing and had confidence in it’s ability to come back in the game and score enough goals to win. Obviously the start is not even close to good enough and it’s the kind of start that you deserve to lose games when you play like that and start that way and spot them three but fortunately for us there was enough time for us to chip away at it and push back. Just loved our finding a way to tie the game and you get the adversity of a late penalty kill and you turn that into a game-winning goal. You love to see that.” AUSTON MATTHEWS On tonight’s comeback: “I think we just got to playing a little bit better. Our start wasn’t very good. I don’t know it just seemed like we weren’t ready to play for the puck drop and I think it showed. They’re a really good team, they have a lot of young, skilled guys that obviously make you pay and they had some luck chances tonight, especially early on, so credit to our guys for staying with it and staying patient and just continuing to fight all night long and huge play by the penalty kill with (Kerfoot) and (Mikheyev) to get us that goal there on the PK and just all around really good effort in the last half of the game.” On the team’s response when Campbell was pulled: “(Campbell) didn’t play bad we just gave up such grade-a chances for them and they capitalized on them. Like you said it’s more of a wake-up call for the guys that are out there playing and not necessarily our goaltender cause we weren’t really helping him out much there at the start.” MITCH MARNER: On tonight’s comeback: “Just doing what we do best in the third period. Forechecking, getting pucks back, getting around the net, just kind of being in pursuit of the puck the whole third period there. But obviously we know we need to do better in the first 40 and that’s something we need to make sure we bring tomorrow.” On his six-game goal streak: “I just find I’m getting into open spots and I’m not afraid to shoot it. I think before maybe I would hold onto it for an extra second trying to find another player or find something else but right now I’m just trying to, when it touches my stick, just if I can one-time it or grip it and rip it.” PETR MRÁZEK: On his confidence in earning a win tonight: “We got the win so like I said before those wins matter and I’m glad that in the third period we scored four goals and we turned the game around.” On being called upon to relieve Jack Campbell: “Those are the hardest for a goaltender to go in but you have to be prepared, you have to be ready, you have to always come to the rink and you never know what happens so you have to be ready to go in and this is one of the nights that I got the call to go in.”
2021-22 Matchups vs. New Jersey: First of Three Next Game vs. New Jersey: Tuesday, February 1 at New Jersey Toronto Season Record: 27-10-3 Toronto Home Record: 15-4-1 TV: Sportsnet RADIO: Sportsnet 590
RECENT TRANSACTIONS January 28, 2022 Defenceman Carl Dahlstrom has been assigned to the Maple Leafs taxi squad from the Toronto Marlies (AHL). January 28, 2022 Defenceman Alex Biega has been reassigned to the Marlies from the Maple Leafs taxi squad. January 24, 2022 Forward Joey Anderson, defenceman Carl Dahlstrom and goaltender Erik Kallgren have be reassigned to the Toronto Marlies (AHL) from the Maple Leafs taxi squad. January 22, 2022 Goaltender Erik Kallgren has been reassigned to the Maple Leafs taxi squad from the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
LAST GAME Score: Toronto 7 at Detroit 4 Date: Saturday, January 29, 2022 TOR Goals: Engvall, Bunting (3x), Sandin, Marner, Tavares DET Goals: Larkin (2x), Namestnikov, Bertuzzi TOR Goaltender: Mrazek, 31/35, .886 SV% DET Goaltender: Nedeljkovic, 30/35, .857 SV% TOR Power Play: 1-for-2 TOR Penalty Kill: 0-for-1
NEXT GAME Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 Opponent: at New Jersey Devils Time: 7:00 pm ET Broadcast Information: TSN4 (TV), Sportsnet 590 (Radio)
INJURY REPORT Jake Muzzin Concussion ALL-TIME VS. NEW JERSEY DEVILS:
First Matchup between Clubs: October 9, 1974 (Toronto 6 vs. Kansas City 2) All-Time Record: 75-41-20-9 (145 Games) All-Time Record at Home: 48-17-5-4 (74 Games) All-Time Record on the Road: 27-24-15-5 (71 Games) Last Home Win vs. Opponent: January 14, 2020 (Toronto 7 vs. New Jersey 4) Record in Last Five Games: 5-0-0
ACTIVE LEADERS VS. NEW JERSEY DEVILS: Games Played: Jason Spezza (42), John Tavares (42), Wayne Simmonds (39) Goals: John Tavares (19), Wayne Simmonds (13), Jason Spezza (8), Auston Matthews (8) Assists: Jason Spezza (28), John Tavares (18), Wayne Simmonds (8) Points: John Tavares (37), Jason Spezza (36), Wayne Simmonds (21) Penalty Minutes: Wayne Simmonds (101), Jason Spezza (18), John Tavares (16)
2021-22 AVERAGES AND RANKINGS Points % GF/Game GA/Game PP% PK% SF/G SA/G FO% Toronto .713 3.45 2.65 31.0% 83.5% 34.3 30.8 55.7% New Jersey .407 2.79 3.40 17.1% 82.1% 31.7 30.5 47.5%
THE MAN ADVANTAGE IN 2021-22 Power Play: 35/113 (31.0%) Power Play Goal Leader: 9 – Matthews Power Play Point Leader: 18 – Matthews (9G, 9A) 2020-21 Power Play: 31/155 (20.0%)
ON THE PK IN 2021-22 Penalty Kill: 91/109 (83.5%) Shorthanded Goal Leader: 2 – Marner Shorthanded Point Leader: 2 – Marner (2G), Brodie (2A) 2020-21 Penalty Kill: 113/144 (78.5%)
FAST FACTS Monday games 4th of 10 (3 home, 7 road) Back-to-Backs played 6 of 13 Record in first game of back-to-back 3-2-1 Record in second game of back-to-back 2-4-0 January games 11th of 11 (4 home, 7 road) UPCOMING MILESTONES
TJ Brodie Nine points away from 300 career NHL points Auston Matthews Four points away from 400 career NHL points Jake Muzzin 10 points away from 300 career NHL points William Nylander Two games away from 400 career NHL games played
RECENT MILESTONES TJ Brodie Appeared in his 700th career NHL game, Nov. 2, 2021 vs. VGK TJ Brodie Scored his 50th career NHL goal, Dec. 14, 2021 at EDM Jack Campbell Appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Nov. 16, 2021 vs. NSH Pierre Engvall Appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Nov. 2, 2021 vs. VGK Ondrej Kaše Recorded his 100th career NHL point, Nov. 10, 2021 at PHI Ondrej Kaše Scored his 50th career NHL goal, Dec. 9, 2021 vs. TBL Alexander Kerfoot Appeared in his 300th career NHL game, Nov. 26, 2021 at SJS Alexander Kerfoot Recorded his 100th career NHL assist, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT Timothy Liljegren Scored his first career NHL goal, Jan. 15, 2022 at STL Auston Matthews Recorded his 200th career NHL goal, Oct. 25, 2021 at CAR Ilya Mikheyev Skated in his 100th career NHL game, Jan. 15, 2022 at STL William Nylander Recorded his 300th career NHL point, Jan. 19, 2022 at NYR Morgan Rielly Recorded his 250th career NHL assist, Oct. 27, 2021 at CHI Morgan Rielly Skated in his 600th career NHL game, Dec. 9, 2021 vs. TBL Wayne Simmonds Skated in his 950th career NHL game, Oct. 16, 2021 vs. OTT Jason Spezza Skated in his 1,200th career NHL game, Nov. 28, 2021 at ANA John Tavares Recorded his 200th point with the Maple Leafs, Oct. 18, 2021 vs. NYR John Tavares Scored his 100th goal with the Maple Leafs, Nov. 13, 2021 at BUF John Tavares Skated in his 900th career NHL game, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT
2021-22 TEAM LEADERS
CATEGORY LEADER CATEGORY LEADER GOALS 25 – Matthews HITS 79 – Ritchie ASSISTS 31 – Rielly BLOCKED SHOTS 53 – Holl POINTS 45 – Matthews (25G, 20A) TAKEAWAYS 42 – Matthews POWER PLAY POINTS 18 – Matthews (9G, 9A) TOI PER GAME 24:21 – Rielly SHORTHANDED POINTS 2 – Marner (2G), Brodie (2A) PP TOI PER GAME 3:08 – Marner PIMs 40 – Simmonds SH TOI PER GAME 2:35 – Muzzin SHOTS 165 – Matthews WINS 20 – Campbell FACEOFF% 61.6% – Tavares GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE 2.26 – Campbell SHOT ATTEMPTS% 58.53% – Mikheyev SAVE PERCENTAGE .926 – Campbell
DEVILS
LAST GAME The Devils dropped their fourth consecutive contest on Saturday at Carolina, after the Hurricanes defeated New Jersey by a score of 2-1. GOALS: CAR: J. Martinook, A. Svechnikov NJD: J. Boqvist INJURIES Miles Wood (Indefinitely) – Lower-body injury (Right hip), I.R. Tyce Thompson (Injured Reserve) – Upper-body injury, I.R. Jonathan Bernier (Injured Reserve) – Lower-Body injury, I.R. Dougie Hamilton (Injured Reserve) – Upper-body injury, I.R. Mackenzie Blackwood (Injured Reserve) – Lower-body injury (left heel), I.R. Michael McLeod – (Injured Reserve) – Upper-body injury Total Man-Games Lost to Injury: 169 Games lost to COVID: 47 RECENT HAPPENINGS Jan. 24: A.J. Greer activated off I.R. &reassigned to Utica (AHL) Jan. 25: Mackenzie Blackwood placed on I.R. Akira Schmid recalled from Utica (AHL) Jan. 27: Ty Smith activated off I.R. Michael McLeod placed on I.R. (Upper-body Inj.) TONIGHT’S GAME VS TORONTO The Devils visit Toronto for the first time since Feb. 14th, 2020, which resulted in a 7-4 loss. The contest also marked the last meeting between the two Eastern Conference foes. The last time that the Devils defeated Toronto was Apr. 5th, 2018, in a 2-1 win at Prudential Center. Jersey’s team is 2-4-2 vs the Leafs since the start of the 2017-18 season. Tonight’s contest marks the final outing of a three-game road trip for Jersey (0-2-0), while the Devils also suffered consecutive one-goal losses. The outing also marks the first game of a home-at-home, back-to-back set vs Toronto. The Devils are 2-4-1 in first games played in back-to-back sets for 2021-22. The Devils recorded a power-play goal in six consecutive games which marked a season-high, but that streak ended on Saturday in Carolina (0/2). Since Jan. 1st, New Jersey’s penalty-kill ranks fifth in the NHL at 87.0% (20/23), per Jan. 30th . The Devils haven’t recorded more than two goals in a contest (0-4-0) since Jersey played the Hurricanes on Jan. 22nd (7-4, W). Jersey’s team aims to win its first road victory since Jan. 2nd , at Washington, which was a 4-3 overtime win (0-5-0). Entering tonight’s contest, the Devils logged a 3-8-0 record for January, &five of the eight losses were decided by one goal. Season-series record: Tonight’s game marks the first of three matchups vs the Leafs. The Devils’ record on Mondays: 0-0-1…0-0-0 via road. Last Monday game: Dec. 6th, vs OTT, 3-2 shootout loss. Record vs Eastern Conference: 11-12-3 &Record vs Atlantic Division: 4-5-1 Next game vs TOR: Feb. 1, TOR at NJD, 7:00 P.M. E.T. UPCOMING SCHEDULE New Jersey Devils: Media Notes Tuesday, Feb. 1: vs TOR, 7:00 P.M. E.T. All-Star Break Monday, Feb. 7: at OTT, 7:00 P.M. E.T. Tuesday, Feb. 8: at MTL, 7:00 P.M. E.T. Thursday, Feb. 10: at STL, 8:00 P.M. E.T. Sunday, Feb. 13: vs PIT, 1:00 P.M. E.T. (Super Bowl Sunday) WHAT TO KNOW New Jersey will face-off with all 31 NHL teams for the 2021-22 campaign and its regular season concludes on Apr. 29 at Prudential Center vs Detroit. Tonight’s contest was rescheduled circa Jan. 17th. The Devils enter tonight’s contest hoping to end a four-game losing streak, which were all logged in regulation. It’s the second time that Jersey’s team suffered four consecutive regulations losses this season (Dec. 10th to Dec. 19th, 2021, 0-6-0). The Devils entail the most Switzerland-born players for any NHL active roster: N. Hischier, J. Siegenthaler &A. Schmid. All-time record vs TOR: 50-63-20-12 All-time road record vs TOR: 21-41-5-7 Patrik Elias is New Jersey’s all-time leading scorer vs Toronto (17g-22a-39 PTS). Hockey Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur (22-20-7-3) is New Jersey’s all-time wins leader vs the Leafs. *The NHL announced “a comprehensive update to the 2021-22 regular-season schedule, one that will enable all 32 teams to complete their respective 82-game slates by the regular season’s original closing date of Friday, April 29.” *Jack Hughes was named New Jersey’s 2022 NHL All-Star. The game is in Vegas on Saturday, Feb. 5th. He’ll become the fourth player in franchise history who earned the honor before turning 21-years-old (Kirk Muller, Joe Cirella &Scott Gomez), per NHL Pr. *Defenseman Dougie Hamilton received surgery on his jaw on Jan. 5th, & there is no official timetable on his return, but he did practice on Wednesday &traveled with the team.
NHL Pr announced that Devils forward Jack Hughes was named one of the league’s “Three Stars” of the week (second star) for the week ending Jan. 2. MUTUAL CONNECTIONS Toronto’s President &Alternate Governor Brendan Shanahan was New Jersey’s 2nd-overall draft-pick in the 1987 NHL Draft. Shanahan spent his first four NHL seasons with the Devils from 1987-88 to 1990-91 (94g-134a-228 PTS, 315 GP). Maple Leafs forward Wayne Simmonds skated in 61 games with the Devils in 2019-20 prior to being traded to Buffalo. LAST TRADE The last time the Devils and Toronto executed a trade was Feb. 28th, 2017, when the Devils acquired Viktor Loov in exchange for Sergey Kalinin. DID YOU KNOW The Devils eliminated the Maple Leafs in six games in the 2000 Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, and allowed just six shots on goal in Game 6, after a 3-0 victory at Continental Airlines Arena. The six shots allowed are the fewest in NHL history for a playoff game. DHN TRIVIA Patrik Elias is tied with one other skater for the most postseason points in franchise history (5g-7a-12 PTS) vs Toronto. Who is the other skater? PLAYER NOTES Jesper Boqvist inked his name onto the scoresheet on Saturday &for the first time this season. The Swedish native also tied a season-high three shots on goal (last: Nov 9th, 2021, vs FLA). Forward Jimmy Vesey snapped a six-game skid without recording a point, after earning an assist on Saturday. Blueliner Damon Severson has led the Devils in TOI in six consecutive games dating to Jan. 19th vs Arizona. Severson ranks second on New Jersey with 6 PTS (1g-5a) over that span, while Jesper Bratt ranks first (4g-3a-7 PTS). Jesper Bratt logged his 11th game with two-or-more points in a game this season, after Thursday’s contest vs Tampa on Jan. 27th (0g-2a-2 PTS). That extended a career-high, while Bratt’s prior career-high for two-or-more points in a game for a single season was eight games (2017-18). Bratt needs one more PPG to tie his career-high (4), which was earned in the Swedish native’s rookie campaign (2017-18). New Jersey’s 2019, No. 1-overall-selection in Jack Hughes tied his career-high 11 goals in a season on Thursday, Jan. 27th . No. 86’s next power-play assist will also tie a career-high (6), which was earned last season. COACH’S CORNER “Even in the first (period) we passed (on) some opportunities to get the puck to the net, maybe (could have) look for a little bit of an uglier play, or an ugly goal. It’s hard. We played as well as we’ve played defensively. I just thought we passed up some offensive-zone plays where we had lanes to get it to the net &we chose to pass, &that’s probably the one area we have to improve.” – Head coach Lindy Ruff via Saturday’s postgame on the team’s offensive production BETWEEN THE PIPES Jon Gillies has appeared in five consecutive games for Jersey, after Saturday’s affair in Carolina, &arguably played his best game since joining the Devils. Gillies turned away all 17 shots that he faced after the first period of play vs Carolina. TONIGHT’S PLAYER TO WATCH With the absence of Michael McLeod &his strong face-off presence, Yegor Sharangovich not only helps to boost the team’s offensive production but also contribute in the face-off circle. Sharangovich finished Saturday’s contest 5/7 on face-offs (66.7%) overall &3/4 on F/O in the offensive zone (75%).
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (27-10-3 – 57 Points) at DETROIT RED WINGS (19-20-6 – 44 Points) SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022 1 2 3 FINAL TORONTO 1 1 5 7 DETROIT 1 3 0 4
ON THE SCORESHEET
Pierre Engvall scored for Toronto at 16:28 of the first period. Engvall recorded his sixth goal of the season. Engvall has posted five points (2G, 3A) through his last five games.
Michael Bunting scored for the Maple Leafs at 12:07 of the second period, 9:28 of the third period and 11:58 of the third period. Bunting recorded his second career NHL hat trick (his first previously recorded with Arizona, April 5, 2021 at LAK).
Rasmus Sandin scored for Toronto at 17:09 of the third period. Sandin posted his first goal of the season and the second of his NHL career.
Mitch Marner scored on a Maple Leafs power play opportunity at 18:46 of the third period. Marner recorded his 11th goal of the season. Marner has scored in five-consecutive games marking the longest goal streak of his NHL career. Marner also recorded the primary assist on Bunting’s third goal of the game. Marner posted his 19th assist of the season.
John Tavares capitalized on Detroit’s empty net at 19:49 of the third period. Tavares recorded his 17th goal of the season. Tavares also posted the primary assist on Sandin’s goal. Tavares registered his 23rd assist of the season. Tavares has posted four points (2G, 2A) through his last two games.
Morgan Rielly registered the primary assist on Engvall’s goal and the secondary assist on Marner’s goal. Rielly has recorded 31 assists this season. Rielly is currently on a three-game point streak where he has recorded five points (1G, 4A).
Jason Spezza recorded the secondary assist on Engvall’s goal. Spezza posted his sixth assist of the season.
Justin Holl registered the primary assist on Bunting’s first goal of the game and the secondary assist on Bunting’s second goal of the game. Holl has recorded four assists this season. Holl tied a single-game career high with two assists which he has marked on four occasions. Holl also tied a single-game career high with two points which he has marked on five occasions.
David Kämpf posted the secondary assist on Bunting’s first goal of the game as well as the primary assist on Tavares’ goal. Kämpf has recorded eight assists this season. Kämpf tied a single-game career high with two assists which he has marked on three occasions and a single-game career high with two points which he has marked on six occasions.
Auston Matthews posted the primary assist on Bunting’s second goal of the game as well as the secondary assist on Bunting’s third goal of the game. Matthews has posted 20 assists this season.
Alexander Kerfoot recorded the secondary assist on Sandin’s goal as well as the primary assist on Marner’s goal. Kerfoot has registered 23 assists this season. SHOTS ON GOAL (5-on-5 in brackets) 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL TORONTO 9 (9) 15 (14) 13 (10) 37 (33) DETROIT 15 (15) 13 (11) 7 (3) 35 (29) SHOT ATTEMPTS (5-on-5 in brackets) 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL TORONTO 22 (22) 22 (19) 20 (15) 64 (56) DETROIT 18 (18) 22 (20) 14 (9) 54 (47) ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Maple Leafs are 12-6-2 on the road this season.
Toronto’s all-time record is 295-281-93-5 in 674 games against the Detroit Red Wings and 119-173-46-2 in 340 games played in Detroit.
Toronto is 13-6-1 against the Eastern Conference this season and 8-2-0 against the Atlantic Division this season. MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS Shots 7 (Bunting) Shot Attempts 10 (Bunting) Faceoff Wins 11 (Matthews, Tavares) Faceoff Win Percentage 75% (Kämpf – 6 won, 2 lost) Hits 3 (Holl) Blocked Shots 3 (Sandin) Takeaways 1 (Matthews, Nylander) TOI 24:47 (Rielly) Power Play TOI 2:11 (Rielly, Matthews) Shorthanded TOI 0:40 (Liljegren, Rielly) Shifts 26 (Holl) 5-on-5 Shot Attempt Percentage 81.25% (Simmonds – 13 for, 3 against) RECORD WHEN…
The Maple Leafs were 1-for-2 on the power play and 0-for-1 on the penalty kill tonight.
Toronto is 9-7-2 when the opponent scores the first goal of the game.
The Maple Leafs are 9-4-0 when tied after one period and 3-9-0 when trailing after two periods.
Toronto is 17-6-2 when outshooting their opponent.
The Maple Leafs are 9-2-2 in Saturday games. OF NOTE…
In marking his 11th goal of the season during the second period of tonight’s game, Michael Bunting recorded an NHL career season-high.
Per NHL Stats, Michael Bunting became the fourth rookie in NHL history with at least one hat trick for multiple franchises, joining Miroslav Frycer (4 w/ QUE, 1 w/ TOR), Harry Hyland (1 w/ MWN, 1 w/ SEN) and Michael Grabner (1 w/ VAN, 1 w/ NYI).
Morgan Rielly was on the ice for a team-high 28 Toronto shot attempts-for at 5-on-5.
Wayne Simmonds finished the game with a team-high 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 81.25 percent (13 for, 3 against). UPCOMING GAMES: Jan. 31 Leafs vs. New Jersey Scotiabank Arena 7:30 pm ET Feb. 1 Leafs at New Jersey Prudential Center 7:00 pm ET Feb. 7 Leafs vs. Carolina Scotiabank Arena 7:00 pm ET Feb. 10 Leafs at Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 9:00 pm ET Feb. 12 Leafs at Vancouver Rogers Arena 7:00 pm ET Feb. 14 Leafs at Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 9:00 pm ET
POSTGAME QUOTES: HEAD COACH SHELDON KEEFE On the team’s comeback win: “Our best people made big time plays in the third period but the most important thing was to stop the bleeding defensively. That’s really what we needed to do. I felt pretty confident that we’d be able to score at least two in that period which was what we talked about. We wouldn’t be able to catch up if we didn’t stop the bleeding defensively so I thought we played better that way and then our best players made big time plays and put the pressure on Detroit and didn’t let up so it was a great win for us. It wasn’t a great game for us but a great win no doubt. On changing the lines mid-game: “We were just trailing in the game so not necessarily playing for control of the game anymore. We were playing to catch up in the game so needed to shorten the bench a little bit, needed to change the lines a little bit, so that’s really what I was going for there.” MICHAEL BUNTING On tonight’s game and the third period comeback: “We knew going into the third period that if we were able to get the first goal of the period that we would have a good chance of winning this game and build that momentum on. We believed in there, and we knew were having our chances it just wasn’t going in for us and then fortunately they started going in in the third. On what he’ll remember about his first hat trick as a Maple Leaf: “Just the whole night. It was a fun night to be apart of, the comeback and then getting the win makes it even sweeter to be able to get a hat trick tonight. (Matthews) and Mitch played great tonight and they were a lot of fun to play with again and they made great plays. On that third goal, Mitch had me right before that and I missed it and then he gave me a second chance to put it in so it was a lot of fun and that second goal was a great funnel by (Matthews) and I was able to just tip it in so it went good.” RASMUS SANDIN On his first goal of the season: “I was just shrinking down a little bit, we had the puck pretty low there. John made a terrific pass. I had a lot of thoughts going on in my head there. I had a pretty similar situation in LA and I missed that one so I’m very happy this one went in and as I said that’s John’s goal for sure and he made a terrific pass.” On Michael Bunting: “Off the ice he’s such a fun guy to be around. On the ice, he scored a bunch of times today and he crashed into the boards there at the end too so you never know what to expect from him. He can start a fight, he can do everything so he’s a great addition to our team and we all love having him out here and playing with him.” PETR MRÁZEK On the team’s comeback win: “We did a great job in the third period, we came really hard and put a clinic on out there so I’m glad we got the win today.” On regrouping after the first period: “You just need to stay focused and try to stay positive and do the little things right. Take it save-by-save and sometimes the first two periods aren’t great but after the second period we just talked about it and we were going to come strong and we did
2021-22 Matchups vs. Detroit: Second of Three 2021-22 Record vs. Detroit: 1-0-0 Next Game Against Detroit: Saturday, February 26 at Detroit Toronto Season Record: 26-10-3 Toronto Road Record: 11-6-2 TV: Sportsnet RADIO: TSN 1050
RECENT TRANSACTIONS January 28, 2022 Defenceman Carl Dahlstrom has been assigned to the Maple Leafs taxi squad from the Toronto Marlies (AHL). January 28, 2022 Defenceman Alex Biega has been reassigned to the Marlies from the Maple Leafs taxi squad. January 24, 2022 Forward Joey Anderson, defenceman Carl Dahlstrom and goaltender Erik Kallgren have be reassigned to the Toronto Marlies (AHL) from the Maple Leafs taxi squad. January 22, 2022 Goaltender Erik Kallgren has been reassigned to the Maple Leafs taxi squad from the Toronto Marlies (AHL).
LAST GAME Score: Toronto 4 vs. Anaheim 3 – SOW Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 TOR Goals: Marner, Nylander, Tavares, (Matthews – SOW) ANA Goals: Steel, Silfverberg, Lettieri TOR Goaltender: Campbell, 17/20, .850 SV% ANA Goaltender: Gibson, 41/44, .932 SV% TOR Power Play: 3-for-4 TOR Penalty Kill: 2-for-2
NEXT GAME Date: Monday, January 31, 2022 Opponent: vs. New Jersey Devils Time: 7:30 pm ET Broadcast Information: Sportsnet (TV), Sportsnet 590 (Radio)
INJURY REPORT Jake Muzzin Concussion ALL-TIME VS. DETROIT RED WINGS:
First Matchup between Clubs: January 4, 1927 (Toronto 2 at Detroit 1) All-Time Record: 294-281-93-5 (673 Games) All-Time Record at Home: 176-108-47-3 (334 Games) All-Time Record on the Road: 118-173-46-2 (339 Games) Last Road Win vs. Opponent: November 27, 2019 (Toronto 6 at Detroit 0) Record in Last Five Games: 4-0-1
ACTIVE LEADERS VS. DETROIT RED WINGS: Games Played: Wayne Simmonds (35), Morgan Rielly (28), John Tavares (26) Goals: Auston Matthews (12), John Tavares (11), Jason Spezza (8) Assists: John Tavares (27), Wayne Simmonds (14), Morgan Rielly (14) Points: John Tavares (38), Wayne Simmonds (21), Auston Matthews (19) Penalty Minutes: Wayne Simmonds (49), Jake Muzzin (15), Nick Ritchie (15)
THE MAN ADVANTAGE IN 2021-22 Power Play: 34/111 (30.6%) Power Play Goal Leader: 9 – Matthews Power Play Point Leader: 18 – Matthews (9G, 9A) 2020-21 Power Play: 31/155 (20.0%)
ON THE PK IN 2021-22 Penalty Kill: 91/108 (84.3%) Shorthanded Goal Leader: 2 – Marner Shorthanded Point Leader: 2 – Marner (2G), Brodie (2A) 2020-21 Penalty Kill: 113/144 (78.5%)
FAST FACTS Saturday games 13th of 23 (9 home, 14 road) Back-to-Backs played 6 of 13 Record in first game of back-to-back 3-2-1 Record in second game of back-to-back 2-4-0 January games 10th of 11 (4 home, 7 road) UPCOMING MILESTONES
TJ Brodie Nine points away from 300 career NHL points Auston Matthews Six points away from 400 career NHL points Jake Muzzin 10 points away from 300 career NHL points William Nylander Three games away from 400 career NHL games played
RECENT MILESTONES TJ Brodie Appeared in his 700th career NHL game, Nov. 2, 2021 vs. VGK TJ Brodie Scored his 50th career NHL goal, Dec. 14, 2021 at EDM Jack Campbell Appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Nov. 16, 2021 vs. NSH Pierre Engvall Appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Nov. 2, 2021 vs. VGK Ondrej Kaše Recorded his 100th career NHL point, Nov. 10, 2021 at PHI Ondrej Kaše Scored his 50th career NHL goal, Dec. 9, 2021 vs. TBL Alexander Kerfoot Appeared in his 300th career NHL game, Nov. 26, 2021 at SJS Alexander Kerfoot Recorded his 100th career NHL assist, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT Timothy Liljegren Scored his first career NHL goal, Jan. 15, 2022 at STL Auston Matthews Recorded his 200th career NHL goal, Oct. 25, 2021 at CAR Ilya Mikheyev Skated in his 100th career NHL game, Jan. 15, 2022 at STL William Nylander Recorded his 300th career NHL point, Jan. 19, 2022 at NYR Morgan Rielly Recorded his 250th career NHL assist, Oct. 27, 2021 at CHI Morgan Rielly Skated in his 600th career NHL game, Dec. 9, 2021 vs. TBL Wayne Simmonds Skated in his 950th career NHL game, Oct. 16, 2021 vs. OTT Jason Spezza Skated in his 1,200th career NHL game, Nov. 28, 2021 at ANA John Tavares Recorded his 200th point with the Maple Leafs, Oct. 18, 2021 vs. NYR John Tavares Scored his 100th goal with the Maple Leafs, Nov. 13, 2021 at BUF John Tavares Skated in his 900th career NHL game, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT
2021-22 TEAM LEADERS CATEGORY LEADER CATEGORY LEADER GOALS 25 – Matthews HITS 79 – Ritchie ASSISTS 29 – Rielly BLOCKED SHOTS 52 – Holl POINTS 43 – Matthews (25G, 18A) TAKEAWAYS 41 – Matthews POWER PLAY POINTS 18 – Matthews (9G, 9A) TOI PER GAME 24:20 – Rielly SHORTHANDED POINTS 2 – Marner (2G), Brodie (2A) PP TOI PER GAME 3:11 – Marner PIMs 40 – Simmonds SH TOI PER GAME 2:35 – Muzzin SHOTS 162 – Matthews WINS 20 – Campbell FACEOFF% 61.4% – Tavares GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE 2.26 – Campbell SHOT ATTEMPTS% 60.82% – Mikheyev SAVE PERCENTAGE .926 – Campbell
RED WINGS
LAST GAME DET 3 at PIT 2 SO (1/28/22) 1ST PERIOD: DET Smith (Gagner, Veleno) 18:19-EV 2ND PERIOD: PIT Guentzel (Malkin, Crosby) 5:54-PP; DET Zadina (Rasmussen, Leddy) 16:31-PP 3RD PERIOD: PIT Guentzel (Crosby) 0:37-EV OT: No scoring SO: PIT Guentzel (save), DET Raymond (goal); PIT Crosby (save), DET Larkin (save); PIT Letang (save) SHOTS: DET 32 (11-12-5-4) / PIT 38 (5-17-15-1) GOALIES: DET Pickard (W, 36-38) / PIT DeSmith (SOL, 30-32) PP: DET 1-2 / PIT 1-3 MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since) Jakub Vrana – shoulder (44 / Oct. 11) Troy Stecher – wrist (33 / Nov. 4) Mitchell Stephens – lower body (28 / Nov. 15) Carter Rowney – lower body (11 / Jan. 4) Riley Barber – lower body (7 / Jan. 11) Thomas Greiss – COVID protocol (5 / Jan. 17) Total Man Games Lost: 175 Individual Man Games Lost: Lindstrom (10), Bertuzzi (8), Staal (7), Larkin (5), DeKeyser (4), Veleno (3), Fabbri (2), Leddy (2), Rasmussen (2), Erne (1), Nedeljkovic (1), Givani Smith (1), Zadina (1) RECENT TRANSACTIONS 1/28 – Recalled G Calvin Pickard from the taxi squad…Recalled F Gemel Smith from Grand Rapids…Reassigned D Luke Witkowski to the taxi squad from Grand Rapids RED WINGS vs. MAPLE LEAFS TONIGHT: 674th all-time meeting, 340th in DET…2nd of 4 games this season, 1st of 2 at LCA ALL-TIME vs. TOR: 286-287-93-7 / HOME: 175-114-46-4 / LAST 10: 2-7-1 / IN 2019-20: 0-3-0 / THIS SEASON: 0-1-0 DET top scorers vs. TOR: Nick Leddy (3-12-15 in 22 GP), Marc Staal (3-12-15 in 38 GP), Sam Gagner (6-8-14 in 22 GP), Dylan Larkin (6-7-13 in 19 GP), Vladislav Namestnikov (4-3-7 in 18 GP), Joe Veleno (1-1-2 in 1 GP) TOR top scorers vs. DET: John Tavares (11-27-38 in 26 GP), Wayne Simmonds (7-14-21 in 35 GP), Auston Matthews (12-7-19 in 15 GP), Jason Spezza (8-10-18 in 24 GP), Morgan Rielly (4-14-18 in 28 GP), Mitch Marner (5-7-12 in 15 GP), T.J. Brodie (2-10-12 in 20 GP), William Nylander (6-5-11 in 17 GP) NOTES: DET F Gemel Smith and Givani Smith are Toronto natives while Robby Fabbri was born in Mississauga…DET F Sam Gagner had 37 points (12-25-37) in 43 GP for the AHL’s Toronto Marlies in 2018-19…DET G Calvin Pickard made his lone appearance for TOR on 12/29/17 at COL; Pickard also played 33 games for the AHL’s Toronto Marlies in 2017-18…TOR D Alex Biega had 6 assists in 62 GP for DET from 2019-21…TOR D T.J. Brodie logged 107 points (20-87-107) in 170 GP for the OHL’s Saginaw Spirit from 2006-09…TOR G Jack Campbell is a Port Huron native who played for the U.S. NTDP from 2008-10…TOR F Auston Matthews skated for the NTDP from 2013-15 prior to turning pro…TOR G Petr Mrazek was DET’s 5th choice (141st overall) in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft and made 166 appearances for the club from 2013-18…Mrazek also won a Calder Cup title with the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins in 2013…TOR F William Nylander is the son of Michael Nylander, who tallied 18 points (2-16-18) in 24 GP for the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins in 2009-10…TOR F Jason Spezza made his pro debut with the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins during the 2002 Calder Cup playoffs…TOR head coach Sheldon Keefe had 12 points (7-5-12) in 13 GP for the IHL’s Detroit Vipers in 2000-01…TOR asst. coach Spencer Carbery was head coach of the OHL’s Saginaw Spirit in 2016-17…TOR goaltending coach Steve Briere appeared in 21 games for the ECHL’s Toledo Storm in 2001-02…TOR president Brendan Shanahan won 3 Stanley Cup championships in DET and amassed 633 points (309-324-633) in 716 GP for the club from 1996-06. RECENT RESULTS Jan. 28 at PIT – 3-2 W DET edged PIT in a shootout to improve to 19-19-6 overall…DET is 2-1 this season in games decided in a shootout…DET has at least a point in 4 of its last 5 road games (2-1-2)…The result is DET’s 1st win at PIT since 2/19/17…Calvin Pickard made his 1st start of the season and stopped 36-of-38 shots to earn his 1st win since recording back-to-back victories on 3/27-3/28/21 vs. CBJ…Givani Smith opened the scoring with his 3rd goal of the season…Filip Zadina gave DET a 2-1 lead with his 5th goal of the season and 3rd PPG…Lucas Raymond netted the lone goal in the shootout, which Detroit Red Wings: Media Notes marked his 1st career shootout goal…Raymond became the 2nd rookie in DET history to score a shootout-deciding goal, joining Evgeny Svechnikov (4/3/17 vs. OTT)…DET is 14-0-2 this season when ahead after 40 minutes. “C” YOU IN VEGAS
Dylan Larkin was named an NHL All-Star for the 2nd time in his career, earning a spot on the Atlantic Division squad for the 1st time since his rookie year in 2015-16.
Has logged 6 points (4-2-6) in his last 6 games, and 16 points (10-6-16) in 15 games since 12/14 vs. NYI.
Scored his 7th career OTG on 1/17 at BUF. Only 4 players have recorded more with DET: Sergei Fedorov (12), Brendan Shanahan (9), Steve Yzerman (9) and Pavel Datsyuk (8). TYLER, THE (GOAL) CREATOR
Tyler Bertuzzi became the 1st DET player to reach the 20-goal mark in 35-or-fewer games since Henrik Zetterberg in 2007-08 (21-19-40 in 28 GP).
Has recorded 10 points (3-7-10) in his last 6 games and 14 points (5-9-14) in 9 contests since 1/9 at ANA.
Notched 6 multi-point games in his last 11 outings since 1/4 vs. SJ.
Scored 11 goals in his last 15 games dating back to 12/16 at CAR. THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
Lucas Raymond ranks among the NHL rookie leaders with 11 goals (3rd), 23 assists (T1st), 34 points (1st), 3 PPG (T1st), 9 PPP (2nd) and 90 shots (T3rd).
Moritz Seider ranks among the NHL’s top rookie d-men with 4 goals (2nd), 23 assists (1st), 27 points (1st), 1 PPG (T1st), 12 PPP (1st), 2 OTG (1st), 2 GWG (T1st), 90 shots (1st) and 22:33 TOI (1st).
Alex Nedeljkovic paces all NHL rookie goalies with 12 wins.
DET tops the NHL in rookie scoring with 66 points (18-48-66). KEEPING IT 500
Tonight marks Jeff Blashill’s 500th game as an NHL head coach.
Will become the 5th bench boss in DET history to coach 500-or-more regular season games, joining Jack Adams (964 games from 1928-47), Sid Abel (811 games from 1958-70), Mike Babcock (786 games from 2006-15) and Scotty Bowman (701 games from 1994-02). BROTHERLY LOVE
Should Gemel Smith and Givani Smith play in the same game, they would be the 1st set of brothers to skate together for DET since Frank and Peter Mahovlich did so on 3/30/69 at CHI.
To date, 9 sets of brothers have played at least 1 game together for DET. MILESTONE WATCH
Blashill is 1 game from 500 as an NHL head coach
Suter is 1 game from 100 and 3 points from 50
Zadina is 1 point from 50
Leddy is 2 points from 350 THIS DATE IN RED WINGS HISTORY Jan. 29, 2004 – Steve Yzerman picked up an assist for his 1,702nd career point, moving past Mario Lemieux into 6th place on the NHL’s all-time scoring list in a 5-2 win vs. NJ. 2021-22 INDIVIDUAL STATS Most Goals: 4, Bertuzzi, Oct. 14 vs. TB Most Assists: 3, Raymond, Nov. 6 at BUF; Larkin, Oct. 24 at CHI Most Points: 4, Larkin, Dec. 18 vs. NJ; Bertuzzi, Nov. 6 at BUF/Oct. 14 vs. TB; Raymond, Oct. 24 at CHI Most SOG: 8, Larkin, Jan. 13 vs. WPG; Bertuzzi, Nov. 27 vs. BUF Most PIM: 20, Smith, Jan. 4 vs. SJ Most TOI: 27:47, Hronek, Jan. 9 at ANA Most Hits: 8, Erne, Nov. 13 vs. MTL Most Blocked Shots: 6, Lindstrom, Oct. 23 at MTL Most Saves: 41, Nedeljkovic, Nov. 30 at BOS/Oct. 14 vs. TB Longest Goal Streak: 3, Larkin, Dec. 14-18/Nov. 13-16 Longest Assist Streak: 5, Bertuzzi, Jan. 15-26; Seider, Oct. 23-30 Longest Point Streak: 7, Larkin, Nov. 13-27 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS Longest Win Streak – Overall: 5, Nov. 24-Dec. 4 / Home: 5, Nov. 13-Dec. 4 / Road: 2, Oct. 24-27 Longest Winless Streak – Overall: 4, three times (MR: Jan. 8-13) / Home: 2, three times (MR: Jan. 21-pres.) / Road: 6, Dec. 9-Jan. 11 Longest Point Streak – Overall: 6, Nov. 20-Dec. 4 / Home: 5, Nov. 13-Dec. 4 / Road: 3, Jan. 9-17. PROSPECT WATCH
The AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins (15-14-5-2) lost 4-1 to Chicago on Friday at Allstate Arena. Matt Berry (2) scored for the Griffins while Victor Brattstrom made a season-high 36 saves. Next Game: Jan. 29 at Milwaukee. DETROIT OPPONENT Most GF, Game 6, three times (MR: Jan. 4 vs. SJ) 8, Jan. 26 vs. CHI Fewest GF, Game 0, five times (MR: Jan. 13 vs. WPG) 0, Jan. 15 vs. BUF Most GF, Period 4, twice, (MR: Oct. 24 at CHI, 2nd) 4, three times (MR: Jan 26 vs. CHI, 3rd) Most SOG, Game 45, Oct. 19 vs. CBJ 48, Oct. 14 vs. TB Most SOG, Period 22, Jan. 15 vs. BUF, 1st 27, Jan. 8 at LA, 1st Fewest SOG, Game 15, Nov. 4 at BOS 22, Jan. 15 vs. BUF Fewest SOG, Period 2, Jan. 8 at LA, 1st 3, twice (MR: Dec. 4 vs. NYI, 1st) Most PPG, Game 2, twice (MR: Jan. 15 vs. BUF) 3, twice (MR: Nov. 4 at BOS) Most PIM, Game 38, Jan. 4 vs. SJ 25, Jan. 4 vs. SJ Fewest PIM, Game 2, six times (MR: Dec. 16 at CAR) 0, Nov. 24 vs. STL Fastest Consec. Goals 0:37, Jan. 4 vs. SJ, shorthanded (Suter, Bertuzzi) 0:10, Nov. 11 vs. WSH (Orlov, Eller) Fastest Goal, Start of Game 0:16, Nov. 6 at BUF (Suter) 2:05, Dec. 16 at CAR (Niederreiter) Fastest Goal, Start of Period 0:13, Jan. 15 vs. BUF, 3rd (Raymond) 0:17, Oct. 30 at TOR, 3rd (Kerfoot)
THE LAST TIME… DET recorded a shutout 1/15/22, 4-0 vs. BUF (Nedeljkovic) 4/27/21, 0-1 at CBJ (Greiss) DET was shutout 1/13/22, 3-0 vs. WPG (Hellebuyck) 1/8/22, 4-0 at LA (Petersen) DET scored in OT 12/4/21, Seider vs. NYI (Sorokin) 1/17/22, Larkin at BUF (Dell) Opp. scored in OT 1/21/22, Hintz vs. DAL (Nedeljkovic) 1/11/22, Couture at SJ (Nedeljkovic) DET had a hat trick 12/18/21, Larkin vs. NJ 10/24/21, Raymond at CHI Opp. had a hat trick 1/26/22, Strome vs. CHI 12/9/21, Walker at STL DET player had 4 goals 10/14/21, Bertuzzi vs. TB 12/2/95, Kozlov at MTL Opp. player had 4 goals 4/2/09, Backes vs. STL 11/4/21, Bergeron at BOS DET player had 5 goals 12/26/96, Fedorov vs. WSH 2/2/11, Franzen at OTT Opp. player had 5 goals Never 2/2/77, I. Turnbull at TOR DET player had penalty shot 2/14/19, Athanasiou vs. OTT (Nilsson, goal) 11/15/18, Rasmussen at OTT (Anderson, save) Opp. player had penalty shot 4/8/21, Arvidsson vs. NSH (Greiss, goal) 2/11/20, Sheary at BUF (Bernier, save) DET player scored SHG 1/4/22, Bertuzzi vs. SJ 1/17/22, Namestnikov at BUF DET player scored 2 SHGs 12/31/09, Helm vs. COL 10/10/02, Maltby at S
In some respects, Linus Ullmark has been the forgotten man in the Bruins’ fluid goaltending picture, if that can ever be the case for a player in the first year of a four-year, $20 million contract. There’s a section of the fandom who perceive Tuukka Rask as the returning savior. Another large contingent whats presumed…
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (26-10-3 – 55 Points) vs. ANAHEIM DUCKS (21-16-8 – 50 Points) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2022 1 2 3 OT SO FINAL ANAHEIM 1 1 1 0 0 (1-3) 3 TORONTO 2 1 0 0 1 (2-3) 4
ON THE SCORESHEET
Mitch Marner scored on a Toronto power play opportunity at 17:18 of the first period. Marner recorded his 10th goal of the season. Marner has scored in four-consecutive games (4G), tying the longest goal streak of his NHL career (which he has marked on two previous occasions dating to the 2018-19 season). Marner also posted the primary assist on Tavares’ power play goal. Marner recorded his 18th assist of the season. Marner is currently on a four-game point streak where he has recorded seven points (4G, 3A).
William Nylander scored on a Maple Leafs power play opportunity at 19:21 of the first period. Nylander posted his 17th goal of the season. Nylander also registered the secondary assist on Marner’s power play goal. Nylander recorded his 23rd assist of the season. Nylander has posted an assist in three-consecutive games (3A).
John Tavares scored on a Maple Leafs power play opportunity at 16:08 of the second period. Tavares registered his 16th goal of the season. Tavares also recorded the primary assist on Nylander’s power play goal. Tavares posted his 22nd assist of the season.
Morgan Rielly posted the primary assist on Marner’s power play goal. Rielly recorded his 29th assist of the season. Rielly has registered an assist in back-to-back games.
Auston Matthews recorded the secondary assist on both Nylander’s power play goal and Tavares’ power play goal. Matthews has posted 18 assists this season. SHOTS ON GOAL (5-on-5 in brackets) 1st 2nd 3rd OT TOTAL ANAHEIM 6 (5) 6 (6) 8 (7) 1 (0) 21 (18) TORONTO 17 (12) 14 (10) 9 (9) 4 (0) 44 (31) SHOT ATTEMPTS (5-on-5 in brackets) 1st 2nd 3rd OT TOTAL ANAHEIM 9 (8) 12 (12) 15 (14) 4 (0) 40 (34) TORONTO 27 (19) 24 (16) 17 (17) 6 (0) 74 (52) ON HOME ICE
The Maple Leafs are 15-4-1 at home this season.
Toronto’s all-time record is 30-12-5-1 in 48 games against the Anaheim Ducks and 18-3-4-1 in 26 games played in Toronto.
Toronto is 14-4-2 against the Western Conference this season and 9-2-0 against the Pacific Division this season. MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS Shots 7 (Matthews) Shot Attempts 13 (Nylander) Faceoff Wins 17 (Matthews) Faceoff Win Percentage 65% (Matthews – 17 won, 9 lost) Hits 3 (Holl, Sandin) Blocked Shots 2 (Bunting) Takeaways 5 (Matthews) TOI 27:58 (Rielly) Power Play TOI 3:46 (Marner, Matthews, Rielly, Nylander, Tavares) Shorthanded TOI 2:19 (Brodie) Shifts 30 (Rielly) 5-on-5 Shot Attempt Percentage 77.78% (Matthews – 21 for, 6 against) RECORD WHEN…
The Maple Leafs were 3-for-4 on the power play and 2-for-2 on the penalty kill tonight.
Toronto is 8-7-2 when the opponent scores the first goal of the game.
The Maple Leafs are 16-2-1 when leading after one period and 20-0-1 when leading after two periods.
Toronto is 16-6-2 when outshooting their opponent.
The Maple Leafs are 7-2-0 in Wednesday games. OF NOTE…
Per NHL Stats, Jack Campbell made 17 saves to earn his 20th win of 2021-22 (20-6-3). The only goaltender in Maple Leafs history to require fewer appearances than Campbell (30 GP) to reach the mark in a season is George Hainsworth (28 GP) in 1934-35.
Morgan Rielly recorded his 100th career power-play assist and surpassed Ian Turnbull (99) for sole possession of ninth place in franchise history.
Morgan Rielly was on the ice for a team-high 25 Toronto shot attempts-for at 5-on-5.
Auston Matthews finished the game with a team-high 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 77.78 percent (21 for, 6 against). UPCOMING GAMES: Jan. 29 Leafs at Detroit Little Caesars Arena 7:00 pm ET Jan. 31 Leafs vs. New Jersey Scotiabank Arena 7:30 pm ET Feb. 1 Leafs at New Jersey Prudential Center 7:00 pm ET Feb. 7 Leafs vs. Carolina Scotiabank Arena 7:00 pm ET Feb. 10 Leafs at Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 9:00 pm ET Feb. 12 Leafs at Vancouver Rogers Arena 7:00 pm ET
POSTGAME QUOTES: HEAD COACH SHELDON KEEFE On tonight’s game: “I had no issues with our game today. There are things every game that you want to do better but for the most part I liked a lot about our game today. I thought we controlled the play for most of the game and the only thing we needed to do was score at 5-on-5. We had a lot of chances, their goaltender was good but we didn’t finish on those opportunities so I think that is something we would want to do better of course but our penalty killing was good when it needed to be, our powerplay was outstanding. Lots of good things to take away from the game today.” MITCH MARNER On tonight’s game: “Five-on-five, I thought we did create some chances but we’d like to leave this game with a five-on-five goal at even strength. I thought we did a lot of good things, at the same time we talked about challenging the goalie and I think we could have done a better job even-strength wise but power play was working, puck moving fast, we had guys locked in and getting into spots quickly and we’re really pushing up pucks just getting to the net, having guys there and when we didn’t score getting the puck back quickly in our hands and getting another quick strike to the net.” On Jack Campbell’s game tonight: “He was great. He’s great most nights. He just takes a lot of pressure on himself like a lot of us do and blames himself for some of the stuff that he should never blame himself for. We’re very fortunate to have him in our net. He’s done a lot of great things this year and it’s always a lot of fun to be on the ice competing with him because he’s such a competitor.” Auston Matthews On tonight’s game: “I thought we were really good on special teams. I think we played pretty well … we created lots of chances, had really good opportunities, their goalie played well. All in all, I think it was a pretty solid game. Obviously, we would like to keep it in regulation but solid work by the group to get the extra point.” On his approach in the shootout: “I like to go in with a couple of options, a couple of things in my head. I try to just take what they give me.” John Tavares On tonight’s game: “I think the game as a whole we liked the way we played. I don’t think we really gave them a whole lot. Obviously special teams was huge tonight. I think for our power play though, we leave with a bitter taste in our mouth just giving up that goal. Things were working really well we had good pressure again trying to find another one and I think we were really in sync and in rhythm and reading really well off another and then obviously we give that one up. Even though I think we played well five-on-five throughout the whole game, obviously we leave it up to one chance and they end up finding a way to get one in the third. I know for us, we have to find a way to make sure we’re just detailed all the way through. Not taking our foot off the gas and understanding the circumstances of the game but overall obviously it was really strong, we had a huge impact on the game. We had plenty of chances, we hit a bunch of posts, we had some really good looks all three periods and in the overtime. I think a lot more better things to build upon. Obviously we want to clean up areas we think we can be better in but I think we made some good strides over the last couples days and had a good effort tonight. Good to get rewarded even though not typically how we wanted to finish it.” Jack Campbell On tonight’s game: “I thought the guys played great in front of me. We made it hard on Gibson, I thought he played really well and definitely happy we got two points.” On his 20th win of the season: “Just focus on getting better each day and the boys are playing great. Just a tribute to them and credit to them. We just want to keep rolling and keep getting wins.”
2021-22 Matchups vs. Anaheim: Second of Two 2021-22 Record vs. Anaheim: 1-0-0 Toronto Season Record: 25-10-3 Toronto Home Record: 14-4-1 TV: Sportsnet RADIO: Sportsnet 590
RECENT TRANSACTIONS January 24, 2022 Forward Joey Anderson, defenceman Carl Dahlstrom and goaltender Erik Kallgren have be reassigned to the Toronto Marlies (AHL) from the Maple Leafs taxi squad. January 22, 2022 Goaltender Erik Kallgren has been reassigned to the Maple Leafs taxi squad from the Toronto Marlies (AHL). January 21, 2022 Forward Joey Anderson and defenceman Carl Dahlstrom have been reassigned to the Maple Leafs taxi squad from the Toronto Marlies (AHL). Score: Toronto 3 at New York Islanders 1
LAST GAME Date: Saturday, January 22, 2022 TOR Goals: Marner, Engvall, Rielly NYI Goals: Parise TOR Goaltender: Mrazek, 27/28, .964 SV% NYI Goaltender: Varlamov, 20/23, .870 SV% TOR Power Play: 0-for-2 TOR Penalty Kill: 3-for-3
NEXT GAME Date: Saturday, January 29, 2022 Opponent: at Detroit Red Wings Time: 7:00 pm ET Broadcast Information: Sportsnet (TV), TSN 1050 (Radio)
INJURY REPORT Jake Muzzin Concussion ALL-TIME VS. ANAHEIM DUCKS:
First Matchup between Clubs: November 17, 1993 (Toronto 4 at Anaheim 3) All-Time Record: 29-12-5-1 (47 Games) All-Time Record at Home: 17-3-4-1 (25 Games) All-Time Record on the Road: 12-9-1-0 (22 Games) Last Home Win vs. Opponent: February 7, 2020 (Toronto 5 vs. Anaheim 4 – OTW) Record in Last Five Games: 4-1-0
ACTIVE LEADERS VS. ANAHEIM DUCKS: Games Played: TJ Brodie (35), Wayne Simmonds (34), Jake Muzzin (31) Goals: Wayne Simmonds (12), John Tavares (10), Auston Matthews (5), William Nylander (5) Assists: TJ Brodie (14), Jake Muzzin (13), John Tavares (12) Points: John Tavares (22), Wayne Simmonds (18), TJ Brodie (17) Penalty Minutes: Wayne Simmonds (55), Jake Muzzin (12), John Tavares (8)
THE MAN ADVANTAGE IN 2021-22 Power Play: 31/107 (29.0%) Power Play Goal Leader: 9 – Matthews Power Play Point Leader: 16 – Matthews (9G, 7A) 2020-21 Power Play: 31/155 (20.0%)
ON THE PK IN 2021-22 Penalty Kill: 89/106 (84.0%) Shorthanded Goal Leader: 2 – Marner Shorthanded Point Leader: 2 – Marner (2G), Brodie (2A) 2020-21 Penalty Kill: 113/144 (78.5%)
FAST FACTS Wednesday games 9th of 11 (6 home, 5 road) Back-to-Backs played 6 of 13 Record in first game of back-to-back 3-2-1 Record in second game of back-to-back 2-4-0 January games 9th of 11 (4 home, 7 road) UPCOMING MILESTONES
TJ Brodie Nine points away from 300 career NHL points Auston Matthews Eight points away from 400 career NHL points Jake Muzzin 10 points away from 300 career NHL points William Nylander Four games away from 400 career NHL games played
RECENT MILESTONES TJ Brodie Appeared in his 700th career NHL game, Nov. 2, 2021 vs. VGK TJ Brodie Scored his 50th career NHL goal, Dec. 14, 2021 at EDM Jack Campbell Appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Nov. 16, 2021 vs. NSH Pierre Engvall Appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Nov. 2, 2021 vs. VGK Ondrej Kaše Recorded his 100th career NHL point, Nov. 10, 2021 at PHI Ondrej Kaše Scored his 50th career NHL goal, Dec. 9, 2021 vs. TBL Alexander Kerfoot Appeared in his 300th career NHL game, Nov. 26, 2021 at SJS Alexander Kerfoot Recorded his 100th career NHL assist, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT Timothy Liljegren Scored his first career NHL goal, Jan. 15, 2022 at STL Auston Matthews Recorded his 200th career NHL goal, Oct. 25, 2021 at CAR Ilya Mikheyev Skated in his 100th career NHL game, Jan. 15, 2022 at STL William Nylander Recorded his 300th career NHL point, Jan. 19, 2022 at NYR Morgan Rielly Recorded his 250th career NHL assist, Oct. 27, 2021 at CHI Morgan Rielly Skated in his 600th career NHL game, Dec. 9, 2021 vs. TBL Wayne Simmonds Skated in his 950th career NHL game, Oct. 16, 2021 vs. OTT Jason Spezza Skated in his 1,200th career NHL game, Nov. 28, 2021 at ANA John Tavares Recorded his 200th point with the Maple Leafs, Oct. 18, 2021 vs. NYR John Tavares Scored his 100th goal with the Maple Leafs, Nov. 13, 2021 at BUF John Tavares Skated in his 900th career NHL game, Jan. 1, 2022 vs. OTT
2021-22 TEAM LEADERS CATEGORY LEADER CATEGORY LEADER GOALS 25 – Matthews HITS 79 – Ritchie ASSISTS 28 – Rielly BLOCKED SHOTS 51 – Holl, Brodie POINTS 41 – Matthews (25G, 16A) TAKEAWAYS 36 – Matthews POWER PLAY POINTS 16 – Matthews (9G, 7A) TOI PER GAME 24:14 – Rielly SHORTHANDED POINTS 2 – Marner (2G), Brodie (2A) PP TOI PER GAME 3:09 – Marner PIMs 40 – Simmonds SH TOI PER GAME 2:35 – Muzzin SHOTS 155 – Matthews WINS 19 – CampbellLL FACEOFF% 61.4% – Tavares GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE 2.24 – Campbell SHOT ATTEMPTS% 60.82% – Mikheyev SAVE PERCENTAGE .927 – CampbelL
LAST ANAHEIM DUCKS GAME JAN. 24, 2022 – ANAHEIM 5 @ BOSTON 3 The Ducks began a five-game road trip with a 5-3 win at Boston on Monday night, Anaheim’s second straight game with five goals…Hampus Lindholm (0-3=3), Ryan Getzlaf (1-1=2) and Rickard Rakell (0-2=2) each tallied multi-point efforts, and John Gibson made 23 saves to earn his 14th win of the season and 162nd career win as a Duck, tying Jonas Hiller for third place on the franchise’s all-time wins list…Lindholm recorded assists on each Anaheim’s first three goals tonight (0-3=3), tying a personal career high for both points (sixth time) and assists (third time) in a game…he last recorded three points Dec. 17, 2021 vs. ARI (2-1=3) and three assists Dec. 2, 2020 vs. LAK (0-3=3)…Troy Terry scored his 23rd goal of the season and sixth GWG at 6:12 of the third period, trailing only Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl (7) for the most among league leaders…Getzlaf recorded a goal and an assist (1-1=2), marking his 256th career multi-point game, three shy of tying Teemu Selanne (259) for the most multi-point efforts in Ducks history…his team-leading 23rd assist came on Derek Grant’s game-opening goal, the 26th by Anaheim this season, trailing only Washington (29)…Grant’s goal marked his third the last two games and fourth the last five games…Isac Lundestrom scored his ninth goal and third SHG, his second point the last two games (1-1=2)…Greg Pateryn netted his first goal as a Duck and second point in as many games (1-1=2)…Trevor Zegras recorded his 20th assist and 30th point of the season, and Cam Fowler and Kevin Shattenkirk each added assists. PP: 1-3 PK: 1-2 SF: 27 SA: 26 TOI: Kevin Shattenkirk (25:44) Three Stars: 1. Lindholm 2. Getzlaf 3. Rakell RECENT TRANSACTIONS Jan. 15 – Recalled G Olle Eriksson Ek, RW Vinni Lettieri and D Greg Pateryn to the active roster from the Taxi Squad. Jan. 18 – Reassigned C Bo Groulx to San Diego (AHL). Jan. 19 – Recalled D Brogan Rafferty from San Diego (AHL) and assigned C Danny O’Regan to the Taxi Squad from San Diego. Jan. 21 – Reassigned D Brogan Rafferty to the Taxi Squad. Jan. 24 – Reassigned RW Vinni Lettieri to the Taxi Squad ANAHEIM DUCKS INJURIES Man Games Lost: 176 ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES TONIGHT’S GAME: The Anaheim Ducks continue a season-tying five-game road trip tonight vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena (4 p.m. PT, Bally Sports West, AM 830)…the Ducks enter tonight with back-to-back wins (outscoring opponents 10-4) and standings points in 14 of their last 22 games overall (10-8-4)…Anaheim is also 19-12-4 (42 points) with the fourth-ranked GAA (2.60) since Oct. 31…the Ducks also have the top PK net % since Oct. 31 (91.6%)…Anaheim ranks third among NHL clubs in PK % (85.4) and eighth in PP% (25.0)…the Ducks open their eighth back-to-back matchup tonight, posting a 6-5-3 record overall and 2-3-2 mark the first contest (4-2-1 in second matchup)…Anaheim continues its 14-game January schedule (6 home, 8 road), posting a 4-6-0 mark this season and a 160-140-35 record in the month all-time…following tonight’s game, Anaheim continues its road trip and back-to-back matchup on Thursday, Jan. 27 at Montreal (4 p.m. PT)…the trip also includes visits to Ottawa (Saturday, Jan. 29, 9:30 a.m. PT) and Detroit (Monday, Jan. 31, 4:30 p.m. PT). ANAHEIM’S ALL-STARS: John Gibson and Troy Terry will represent Anaheim at the 2022 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas Feb. 4- 5…Gibson and Terry mark the 11th time Anaheim will have multiple All-Star representatives…Gibson (third appearance, also 2016 in Nashville and 2019 in San Jose) is the only Ducks goalie to appear in multiple All-Star Games…Terry was named the winner of the final Pacific Division roster spot for the 2022 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend as a result of fan voting in the 2022 NHL All-Star Last Men In…Terry will make his first All-Star Game appearance at T-Mobile Arena…Trevor Zegras was named by the NHL as a participant in the 2022 NHL All-Star Skills, taking place Feb. 4. DUCKS-MAPLE LEAFS: Anaheim and Toronto conclude a two-game season series tonight at Scotiabank Arena, the Ducks first visit to Toronto since Anaheim Ducks: Media Notes PLAYER INJURY/ILLNESS EXEPECTED ABSENCE GAMES MISSED Max Jones Torn pectoralis major 4-6 months 42 Adam Henrique Lower body Week-to-week 20 Sonny Milano Upper body Day-to-day 4 Anthony Stolarz COVID-19 protocol Day-to-day 4 Josh Manson COVID-19 protocol Day-to-day 3 Feb. 7, 2020 (5-4 Maple Leafs OT win)…in the first meeting of the 2021-22 season series Nov. 26 at Honda Center, Toronto earned a 5-1 win despite Anaheim holding a 40-31 shot advantage, while Hampus Lindholm scored the Ducks lone goal…Anaheim owns a 13-26-8 all-time record vs. the Maple Leafs, including a 4-15-6 mark in Toronto…Ryan Getzlaf holds the franchise mark for all-time assists vs. the Maple Leafs (14) and paces active Ducks in career scoring vs. Toronto (2-14=16)…Adam Henrique has recorded the most career points among Ducks players vs. Toronto (7-10=17, in 27 games)…the captain has earned 2-14=16 points in 17 career games vs. the Maple Leafs, including 2-4=6 points his last six games in Toronto. TERRYING IT UP: Troy Terry (22-14=36 points in 38 GP) has established new single-season career highs in scoring, goals and assists this season…among NHL leaders, Terry ranks second in shooting percentage (25.0%), tied for second in GWG (5) and OT goals (2), tied for fifth in even-strength goals (17) an sixth in goals (22)…he has 5-2=7 points his last six games and 8-3=11 points his last 11…he has also scored 18-9=27 points his last 30 games and 23-14=37 in his last 38…Terry scored his first career hat trick (3-0=3) Jan. 4 vs. PHI, becoming the second-fastest Duck to score 20 goals (35th game), behind only Corey Perry (33 games in 2013-14). CALDER CANDIDATES: Trevor Zegras leads the NHL with four shootout goals…among NHL rookies, Zegras co-leads in points per game (.79) and PPG (3), ranks second in points (10-20=30) and shots on goal (88), and ranks third in goals, assists and PPP (3-4=7)…Zegras has recorded 4-4=8 points his last 10 games, 4-12=16 his past 17 games and 8-17=25 points with nine multi-point efforts his last 26 games…he was named the NHL’s Rookie of the Month for December, leading all rookies in scoring (2-9=11) and assists in nine games…he is the third Duck to be named Rookie of the Month, joining John Gibson (December 2015) and Bobby Ryan (January 2009)…since Dec. 1, Zegras is one of four NHL players with six multi-point efforts, while he leads NHL rookies in points per game (.94, 4-12=16 in 17 GP) and assists in that stretch…Zegras tallied his 20th assist and 30th point Jan. 24 @ BOS, requiring the second-fewest games played (38) by a Ducks rookie to record 20 assists in a season (Andy McDonald, 37 GP in 2001- 02)…he became the fifth-youngest Ducks rookie to earn 20 assists in a season at 20 years, 310 days…his 30th point marked the third-fewest games (38) needed among all Ducks rookies, trailing Bobby Ryan (31 GP in 2008-09) and Paul Kariya (35 GP in 1994-95). Jamie Drysdale ranks second in scoring (3-15=18) and assists, is tied for second in goals and fourth in TOI/game (19:44) among NHL rookie defensemen this season…among all NLH rookies, he co-leads in games played (44), ranks tied for fourth in assists and is eighth in scoring…since Nov. 1, Drysdale ranks second in scoring (2-13=15) and assists among NHL rookie blueliners…Drysdale is one of two defensemen selected in the last two NHL Drafts to appear in an NHL game the last two seasons (also CHI’s Isaak Phillips, fifth round in 2020, 3 GP in 2021-22). BY THE NUMBERS: John Gibson currently ranks sixth in saves (875) and minutes (1813), and tied for seventh in GP (30) among NHL goalies…Gibson is 3-1-0 with a 1.51 GAA and .948 SV% his last four appearances…Ryan Getzlaf leads Anaheim in assists (23) and has 1-4=5 points his last seven games…Cam Fowler has three assists his last four games (0-3=3) and ranks third among NHL leaders in TOI/game since Jan. 1 (26:54)…he is tied for second among league blueliners in PPG (4)…Hampus Lindholm has four assists his last two games and 2-7=9 points his last 11…Lindholm had three assists Jan. 24 @ BOS, tying a career high for both points (sixth time) and assists (third time) in a game…he last recorded three points Dec. 17, 2021 vs. ARI (2-1=3) and three assists Dec. 2, 2020 vs. LAK (0-3=3)…Derek Grant has scored four goals his last five games (4-0=4) and six in his last 11 (6-0=6) FROM THE BLUE LINE: Anaheim defensemen collectively ranks second in PPG (6) and third in goals (26) among NHL defense corps…20.5% of Anaheim’s 127 goals have come from defensemen this season, third among NHL clubs…in 2020-21, Anaheim’s defense scored 18 goals in 56 games…Ducks blueliners are on pace for a combined 50 goals (46 is single season record by defensemen, 1993-94)…both Kevin Shattenkirk (7- 16=23) and Cam Fowler (5-16=22) have each scored 20 points this season, one of eight sets of teammates to both have 20 or more points, joining the following: COL (Makar, Toews, Girard), DAL (Heiskanen, Klingberg), DET (Seider, Hronek), FLA (Ekblad, Weegar), NYR (Fox, Trouba), SJS (Burns, Karlsson), VGK (Pietrangelo, Theodore). MILESTONES WITHIN REACH: John Gibson – 1 win to surpassing Jonas Hiller (162) for sole possession of third among franchise goaltenders in wins Rickard Rakell – 1 goal to tying Bobby Ryan (147) for sixth on the franchise’s all-time goals lis
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (25-10-3 – 53 Points) at NEW YORK ISLANDERS (14-14-6 – 34 Points) SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 2022 1 2 3 FINAL TORONTO 2 1 0 3 NEW YORK 1 0 0 1 GAME SUMMARY | EVENT SUMMARY | FACE-OFF SUMMARY ON THE SCORESHEET
Mitch Marner scored shorthanded for Toronto at 13:25 of the first period. Marner scored his second shorthanded goal of the season and third of his NHL career. Marner scored his ninth goal of the season. Marner has scored in three-consecutive games (3G).
Pierre Engvall scored for the Maple Leafs at 19:59 of the first period. Engvall recorded his fifth goal of the season. Engvall has recorded a point in three-consecutive games (1G, 3A).
Morgan Rielly scored for Toronto at 9:42 of the second period. Rielly recorded his fifth goal of the season. Rielly also posted the primary assist on Marner’s shorthanded goal. Rielly posted his 28th assist of the season.
William Nylander registered the primary assist on Rielly’s goal. Nylander posted his 22nd assist of the season. Nylander has recorded an assist in back-to-back games.
Alexander Kerfoot recorded the secondary assist on Rielly’s goal. Kerfoot posted his 21st assist of the season. SHOTS ON GOAL (5-on-5 in brackets) 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL TORONTO 9 (6) 10 (10) 4 (4) 23 (20) NEW YORK 7 (6) 6 (3) 15 (10) 28 (19) SHOT ATTEMPTS (5-on-5 in brackets) 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL TORONTO 15 (10) 18 (18) 9 (9) 42 (37) NEW YORK 11 (10) 11 (8) 25 (15) 47 (33) ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Maple Leafs are 11-6-2 on the road this season.
Toronto’s all-time record is 76-68-7-10 in 161 games against the New York Islanders and 33-38-3-6 in 80 games played in New York.
Toronto is 12-6-1 against the Eastern Conference this season and 5-4-1 against the Metropolitan Division this season. MAPLE LEAFS LEADERS Shots 4 (Rielly) Shot Attempts 6 (Matthews) Faceoff Wins 7 (Tavares, Kämpf) Faceoff Win Percentage 75% (Spezza – 6 won, 2 lost) Hits 3 (Simmonds, Engvall) Blocked Shots 2 (Kerfoot) Takeaways 2 (Rielly) TOI 26:00 (Brodie) Power Play TOI 2:20 (Marner, Matthews, Rielly, Nylander, Tavares) Shorthanded TOI 3:29 (Kämpf) Shifts 28 (Rielly, Brodie) 5-on-5 Shot Attempt Percentage 75.00% (Engvall – 9 for, 3 against) RECORD WHEN…
The Maple Leafs were 0-for-2 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill tonight.
Toronto is 18-3-1 when the scoring the first goal of the game.
The Maple Leafs are 15-2-1 when leading after one period and 19-0-1 when leading after two periods.
Toronto is 10-4-1 when outshot by their opponent.
The Maple Leafs are 8-2-2 in Saturday games. OF NOTE…
Carl Dahlström skated in his debut with the Maple Leafs.
TJ Brodie was on the ice for a team-high 19 Toronto shot attempts-for at 5-on-5.
Pierre Engvall finished the game with a team-high 5-on-5 shot attempt percentage of 75.00 percent (9 for, 3 against). UPCOMING GAMES: Jan. 26 Leafs vs. Anaheim Scotiabank Arena 7:00 pm ET Jan. 29 Leafs at Detroit Little Caesars Arena 7:00 pm ET Jan. 31 Leafs vs. New Jersey Scotiabank Arena 7:30 pm ET Feb. 1 Leafs at New Jersey Prudential Center 7:00 pm ET Feb. 7 Leafs vs. Carolina Scotiabank Arena 7:00 pm ET Feb. 10 Leafs at Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 9:00 pm ET
POSTGAME QUOTES: HEAD COACH SHELDON KEEFE On the play of the defencemen and goaltender Petr Mrázek during tonight’s game: “I thought it was a good effort by all of our defence tonight and our goaltender. I liked a lot of what our whole lineup did. Each line I think gave us good shifts and good efforts, loved our second period and how we took care of that. We took the 3-1 lead and I thought we were really good and in full control of the second half of that second period that was really good. The third period wasn’t perfect in terms of us controlling the play, we’d like to spend more time in their half of the ice like we did in the second. But I thought it was progress and I thought we defended really well. We didn’t give any clean looks really at our net at all and Petr was strong with anything that they threw at him.” On Mitch Marner’s play: “He’s an important player for us so having him back makes us a far deeper team, everybody else just slots in a lot better. He obviously plays a lot of minutes, important minutes for us. Huge goal through the penalty kill, to get a shorthanded goal like that, and to get it to go in, that’s big for him. Those special teams goals are really important. Obviously, we had our power plays early on and didn’t convert and then they get their chance on their power play and we have to get a kill there. Not only do we get the kill but we get a goal so to be a plus one on special teams no matter how you get it done is important and Mitch contributes so much in that area.” JOHN TAVARES On closing out the road trip with a win: “Yeah, nice to be able to finish off the way we did. Like I said, I still think we feel we have a lot more to our game and we can get back to some of the rhythm we had at different points in the year already but no doubt, we just have to keep staying at it and tonight we did some really good things. Great response when they tied it 1-1, big goal by Pierre and grabbed the momentum and the life back and we seemed to just keep it rolling from there and had a really good second period.” On Morgan Rielly’s game tonight: “Yeah, (Morgan Rielly) was excellent for us, as he is most nights. Just a catalyst for us, not just on our back end, but just for our team in general just such a great player, one of the best defenceman I’ve played with. Even as good as he is, and as much recognition as he gets, I still think he’s looked upon as a little bit underrated. He just does so much for us in so many different areas and was great tonight.” MORGAN RIELLY On tonight’s game and holding onto the early lead: “Yeah obviously that has been an important area for us over the past few weeks. I think if you look back at the start of the game, I think there were plenty of good things as there has been lately. You know we jumped out to a lead, and they score, then we were able to respond, that’s a great sign. Then to go into the third with a two-goal lead and like you said just play well enough to hang onto it, it’s good. That’s what we want to do every night and obviously hasn’t been going that way as of late but by no means was there panic within the dressing room about that trend so tonight was a good example of us playing well. I thought Petr played really well and a huge two points for us.” On his goal: “I thought (Brodie) was going to score a highlight-reel goal. Then the goalie made good play. Just came out around the side then obviously just a good pass from (William Nylander) and you know when that happened you just have to finish it so just about everyone else on the ice did that work on that one.” MITCH MARNER On tonight’s game and Petr Mrázek’s play: “I think in the game we did what we wanted to. I think in the third it got a little bit away from us there, but obviously just maintained that lead and keep the pressure on. (Mrázek) made a couple huge saves for us as well. He’s worked extremely hard since his injury to get back and it’s nice to see him come out here and play with that confidence and swagger and help us to win.” On how he feels about his good play as of late: “Obviously good. Just want to make sure I keep trying to do the things I can to help this team to win games. Whether it’s on the kill, power play or even strength. Great play by (Morgan Rielly) there to pressure up zone and put that out into an area for me to skate onto it.” PETR MRÁZEK On his play tonight: “I felt good there. I saw a lot of pucks in the third period. The guys did a great job in front of me. I could see the puck well and they made the work easier.” On how the team’s play helped him: “Well they boxed out really well. I could the puck from the blueline. They gave me the first shot and if there was a rebound, they cleared the puck out, so they did a great job in front of me today.”
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